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(.4,ailio,/- (__/ 0/2wii›)/c)...---L. r Ek 7 ' Cc_ Section 5.01. ._`'- - a. -- - -_ _ v - - ' -_= - General Voter Authority. The people of Mounds View reserve `o `h msel e have the power-sright, in accordance with the provisions of Council tothis Charter, to propose ordinances [initiative] and to require that any ordinance be referred to th- - - - _ _ - _ ___ _ • _ _ _• ___ 6 ,_ , _ _ _ - -3 voters [referendum', except those that appropriate money or levy taxes. The voters also have the right to remove elected public officials. - --- __,.- - - -_ _ - -_ - - '-• ._ ', -, - - - - -6 --, _-_ -- -- respectively [recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents of the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 (as amended), eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. Section 5.02. Provisions f__ Petitions. ATo circulate a petition provided for under this chapter-shalt, it must be sponsored by a committee of five registered-or more voters of the City whose names and addresses shall-appear on the petition. A petition may consists of one or more papers, butpages with each separately circulated paper shall containpage containing at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the • , _ - _ - - _ -•_ - - -. - - -' - - - --The committee may obtain a sample petition from the city Clerk-Administrator. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition sha+lmust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath;. The certificate shall affirm that each signature appendedefete-was made in theirthe circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the per-sonvoter whose name it purports to be. - - _- _ - -- _ •- _ - - - • '-_ - - -z _- _ --•_- - and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the City and registered to votemust sign and print their name and give their street address. Any persanvoter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filin a statement in writing filed with the Clerk-Administrator before saidthe Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee shall must file the -.Ns! completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide v the number of total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. For a petition to be sufficient, the required number of signerssignatures shall be 4 - -= a percentage of that number. • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require at least 15 percent. • Petitions for Recall, at least 25 percent. ,, - - • '• - _ - -- - _ - - _ _ - -- _- _ - - - _ - �, r Within 10 working days of receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall exam ne the "..'0.- determine its sufficiency. Upon final determination of sufficiency, the Clerk- - +► Admin ster hall report the date of the determination and its sufficiency and report to the Council with, days. Upon receivingto the Council at or before the next regularly scheduled meeting. Upon receipt of the report, the Council shall immediately declare the • - sufficiency of the petition b resolution includin• the resorted date of determination of sufficienc . iZ Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the CouncilClerk- -1 i `--1' Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition is cannot be declared, it shall be determined to be insufficient or irregular. The Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a cop of the (1' petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty30 calendkrdays in which to file additional signature papers and/or to