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amended, eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots <br />in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and time lines are attached as appendices at the end of this <br />Charter. In all cases, the Charter text shall take priority over the appendices should there appear to be a <br />discrepancy. (Amended 2007 Ord. 790. .) <br />Section 5.02. Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five <br />(5) to ten (10) members who are voters of the Ccity and whose names and addresses must appear on the <br />petition as the gsponsoring Ccommittee. A completed petition consists of ones or more pages gathered <br />together as a single document. Each separately circulated page shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, <br />the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectiyelyfit4, to initiative, <br />referendum and recall. The Ssponsoring Ccommittee may obtain a sample petition from the Ccity <br />Aadministrator. The Ccity Aadministrator shall provide the number of signatures for petition sufficiency <br />which is based on the total number of ballots cast for -Ppresident in the most recent -Ppresidential election. All <br />petition circulators must be voters of the Ccity. Each separate page of the petition must include a certificate <br />signed and dated by the circulator. The certificate shall affirm that each circulator believes the page to <br />contain the genuine signatures of the voters whose names they purport to be and that each signer was <br />presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the Ccity and must sign and print <br />their name and give their street address. The completed petition shall be submitted to the Ccity <br />Aadministrator for review. Any voter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a <br />statement in writing with the Ccity Aadministrator before the Ccity Aadministrator advises the Council of the <br />information related to the sufficiency of the petition or, if such completed petition is deemed insufficient <br />pursuant to this Charter, during any time period that additional signature papers are being circulated by the <br />9sponsoring Ccommittee or reviewed by the Ccity Aadministrator pursuant to Section 5.04. Consistent with <br />the provisions of this Charter and the applicable state laws and rules, the Council may prescribe by ordinance <br />or resolution, the definition of a frivolous petition. <br />(Amended 2007 Ord. 790; 2010 Ord. 841. ) <br />Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet the <br />requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following: <br />• Petitions for (initiative and Rreferendum require signatures numbering at least fifteen44-5) percent <br />(15% of the total ballots cast for Ppresident in the most recent -Ppresidential election. <br />• Petitions for Rrecall require signatures at least twenty_ five{2-5) percent 25% of the total ballots <br />cast for -Ppresident in the most recent -Ppresidential election. <br />If all requirements have been met, the Ccity Aadministrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) <br />calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the Council shall immediately declare the <br />sufficiency of the petition by resolution. (Amended 2008 Ord. 790; 2010 Ord. 841 by Ordi . nee 79n, <br />Adopted july 23, 2007; Filed. August 29, •) <br />Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Frivolous Petition. If the petition appears to be frivolous, the <br />Ccity Aadministrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) calendars days of receipt of the petition. If <br />the Council determines the petition is frivolous, the Council shall direct the Ccity Aadministrator to the file <br />the petition as frivolous and no further action shall be taken. If the Ccity Aadministrator determines that the <br />petition does not meet the requirements for sufficiency and is not determined to be frivolous, a copy of the <br />petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Ssponsoring Ccommittee <br />and to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified in this <br />Charter, the Ssponsoring Ccommittee shall have -a twenty-one (21) calendar days to file additional signature <br />Page 6 of 19 <br />DOCSOPEN\MU210\4\903732.v2-9/20/23 <br />
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