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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 3/9/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 6 Page 2 of 5 41 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively,to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall 42 be a registered voter of the City and shall sign their name and give their street address.The 43 'mini -• m. .. ain . .m.l_.- i ion from h- cit I-rk-A•mini r. •r All .- iti.n it 1. er 44 must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition sha-}Imust have appended to it a 45 certificate by the circulator, verified by oath;. The certificate shall affirm that each signature 46 appended thereto was made in*hei-rthe circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to 47 be the genuine signature of the persotnvoter whose name it purports to be. The person making the 48 certificate shall be a resident of the City and registered to vote. and that each signer was presented 49 with the full •etition. Each si'ner of a setition must be a voter of the Ci and mu t sin and .rint 50 their name and give their street address. Any persenvoter whose name appears on a petition may 51 withdraw their name by filing_a statement in writing filed with the Clerk-Administrator before 52 sa-i4the Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. 53 54 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee slra-llmust file the 55 completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least 10 calendar days before the 56 ordinance takes effect. The required number of signers shall be at least fifteen percent for initiative 57 and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty five percent of the total number of electors who cast 58 heir votes for president at the last presidential election. immediately upon The Clerk- 59 Administrator shall provide the number of total ballots cast for President in the most recent 60 Presidential election. For a petition to be sufficient,the required number of signatures shall be a • 61 percentage of that number. 62 'Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require at least 15 percent, 63 'Petitions for Recall require at least 25 percent. 65 Within 10 calendar days of receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall examine the 66 petition as to determine if its sufficiency and report to the Council within ten days.can be declared 67 by the City Council. Upon reccivingfinal determination, the Clerk-Administrator shall report the 68 date of the determination and its sufficiency to the City Council. Upon receipt of the report, the 69 City Council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition immediately declare the 70 sufficiency of the petition by resolution_ in l ing_the reported date of determination of sufficiency. 71 72 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the CouncilClerk- 73 Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition iscannot be declared, it shall be 74 determined to be insufficient or irregular_,the The Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the 75 petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee and to the 76 City Council within 10 calendar days. The committee shall have thirty21 calendar days in which to 77 file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in 78 -- . - • . •. . .• • .. .•-- -- - - . - -- - - - - • - •. . •- 79 which the recall is sought.specified irregularity, Within+f-tve9 calendar days of receipt of the 80 corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds 81 that the petition determine if sufficiency ofth- p•titi•n as corr- t-i c.n • •e l.rod bv theCitv 82 Council and proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular,the 83 it • n shell .. . r- • . ion *fin .ffi ien .nd hi h.11 •• •n. i.-r-• t - Find Fin.in• 84 The Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within • 85 10 calendar days that no further action will be taken. The#Final IFinding that the petition is City of Mounds View