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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 07/11/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items,Chapter 5 • Revision—DRAFT 20060711 Page 3 of 7 88 89 Section 5.02.-General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter 90 shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered 5 to 10 members who are voters of the City and 91 whose names and addresses--s -limust appear on the petition-:as the_Sponsoring Committee. A 92 petition may consistconsists of one or more papers, but pages with each separately circulated paper- 93 shall containpage containing at its head.or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 94 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply,respectively,to initiative, referendum and recall. - `_ 95 '. .. a; -. . ...The Committee_ 96 ma i obta' a .am le etition fr n the itv Clerk-Adi inistrater. The lerk-• dminist at.r hall 97 provide the number of si latures for etition sufficiency which is the total ballots cast for President 98 in the most recent Presidential election. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each 99 separate page of the petition €al-Imust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by 100 oath.. The certificate shall affirm that each signature was made in t eitthe 101 circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the 102 person er whose name it purports to be. ;` -` 1037. v . and that each sinner was presented with the full .etition. Each signer of a 104 .e 't'•t tt e^. vote 3 - 'tv . ..t t s' ar i t:_-'r i _e _ d vi e t tr-et add-e . 105 Any personvoter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name byii ling a statement in 106 writing flied-with the Clerk-Administrator before stl�e Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of 107 the sufficiency of the petition. 108 • 109 Section 5.03. Determination of Petit _Sufficiency. The committee shall ale the completed 110 petition in the office of the Clerk Administrator. The required number of signerss shall be at least fifteen 111 t. 1 = _, , 2 iumber of 112 eleetcrrs who cast their votes for president at the last presidential elect-ion 113 For a petition to be sufficient. it must meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at 114 least the following: 115 •Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least 1.5 percent of total 116 ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 117 •'e t' . • 'e .1 e t e _i a.a . • at least 25 percent of total ballots cast for President 118 in_th_e_most_reenLPresidential election 120 Immediately upon Within 10 calendar days of receipt of the petition,the Clerk-Administrator shall 121 examine the petition as t3 determine if its sufficiency and rcpof•t to the Council within ten da)s.can be 122 declared by the City Council. Upon rc eivingfinal determination.the Clerk-Administrator shall 123 report the date of the determination and its sufficiecv to the C'tv Council. Upon recei.t of the report, 124 the City Council shall •- .~ _ immediately declare the 125 sufficienc Ts t e etition h -resolution. includin_ the re.o-ted date f deteinination of st ff cienc 126 127 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. 128 the-petition is insuflicie t or irregular, the.Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, 130 .... ., .' - . 132 .a w. 133 Clerk-A oiinist•ator shall again report to the Council. lf the Council finds that the petition is still • City of Mounds View