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• Referendum • Any ordinance subject to the initiative may be subjected to referendum by a petition which shall state, at the head of each page or on an attached paper, a description of the ordinance. The petition for referendum shall follow the petition requirements as outlined in (section for petitions) . If the petition submitted under this section is found to be sufficient the ordinance shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the council shall call a special election on the ordinance to be held within such period. If a majority of the voters voting there- on favors the ordinance, it shall guxintaxeff$ctximmedi$ttey xaxxxaxt tax yarned remain in effect, if a majority of the electors voting thereon votes against the ordinance, it shall be considered repealed upon cert- ification of the election results. . Recall Any five electors may form themselves into a committee for the purpose of bringing about the recall of any elected officer of the city. The committee shall file a certificate with the city clerk naming the officer whose removal is sought, a statement of the grounds for removal in not more than 250 words, and their intention to bring about the officer' s recall. A copy of this certificate shall be attached to each signature paper and no signature paper shall be put into circulation until the certificate has been filed with the clerk. Recall petition The petition for the recall of any official shall follow the petition requirements as outlined in (petition section) except that the number of signers of the recall petition must be as leastpercent of the total number of electors who cast their vote in the last preceding city election. Filing the recall petition Within thirty days after the filing of the original certificate, the committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the city clerk. The city clerk shall examine the petition within the next five days, and if the city clerk finds it irregular in any way or finds that the number of signers is less than required in (recall petition section) the city clerk shall so notify one or more members of the committee. The committee shall then be given twenty days in which to file additional signature papers and to correct the petition in all other respects, but they may not change the statement of the grounds which the recall is sought. If at the end of that time the city clerk finds the petition still insufficient or irregular, the city clerk shall notify all the members of the committee to that effect and shall file the petition in the office. No futther action shall be taken thereon.