CITY CHARTER - 1979 Original Signed City Copy

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whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain 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 city and shall sign his/her name and give his/her street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended thereto was made in his/her presence and that the circulator believes them to'be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the city and registered to vote. Any person whose name appears on a petition may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing filed with the clerk - administrator before said clerk -administrator advises the council of the sufficiency of the petition. Sec. 5.03. Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed J petition in the office of the clerk -administrator. The required number of signers shall be at least fifteen percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty-five percent of the total number of electors who cast their votes for president at the last presidential election. Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the clerk -administrator shall examine the petition as to its sufficiency and report to the council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the council shall deter- mine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. Sec. 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the clerk -administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, -11-