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amended, eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and time lines are attached as appendices at the end of this Charter. In all cases, the Charter text shall take priority over the appendices should there appear to be a discrepancy. (Amended 2007 Ord. 790. ) Section 5.02. Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five (5) to ten (10) members who are voters of the Ecity and whose names and addresses must appear on the petition as the sponsoring Ecommittee. A completed petition consists of one I or more pages gathered together as a single document. Each separately circulated page 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. The sponsoring Ecommittee may obtain a sample petition from the C-Oty Aadministrator. The Ecity Aadministrator shall provide the number of signatures for petition sufficiency which is based on the total number of ballots cast for Ppresident in the most recent Ppresidential election. All petition circulators must be voters of the Ccity. Each separate page of the petition must include a certificate signed and dated by the circulator. The certificate shall affirm that each circulator believes the page to contain the genuine signatures of the voters whose names they purport to be and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the Ecity and must sign and print their name and give their street address. The completed petition shall be submitted to the Ecity Aadministrator for review. Any voter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing with the Ecity Aadministrator before the Ecity Aadministrator advises the Council of the information related to the sufficiency of the petition or, if such completed petition is deemed insufficient pursuant to this Charter, during any time period that additional signature papers are being circulated by the $sponsoring Ocommittee or reviewed by the Ecity Aadministrator pursuant to Section 5.04. Consistent with the provisions of this Charter and the applicable state laws and rules, the Council may prescribe by ordinance or resolution, the definition of a frivolous petition. (Amended 2007 Ord. 790 2010 Ord. 841. ) Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following: • Petitions for (initiative and Rreferendum require signatures numbering at least fifteen{} percent (15%o) of the total ballots cast for Ppresident in the most recent Ppresidential election. • Petitions for Rrecall require signatures at least twenty_ five) percent 25% of the total ballots cast for Ppresident in the most recent Ppresidential election. If all requirements have been met, the Ecity Aadministrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the Council shall immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution. (Amended 2008 Ord. 790; 2010 Ord. 841 , Adopted July 23, 2007; Filed. Atipst 29, •) Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Frivolous Petition. If the petition appears to be frivolous, the Ecity i administrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) calendars days of receipt of the petition. If the Council determines the petition is frivolous, the Council shall direct the Ecity iadministrator to the file the petition as frivolous and no further action shall be taken. If the Ecity Aadministrator determines that the petition does not meet the requirements for sufficiency and is not determined to be frivolous, a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the sponsoring Ecommittee and to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified in this Charter, the sponsoring Ecommittee shall have -a twenty-one (21) calendar days to file additional signature Page 6 of 19 DOCSOPEN\MU210\4\903732.v2-9/20/23