Within 30 calendar days after city clerk certification of the committee filing, the committee must file the completed petition in the office of the city clerk. The city clerk must examine the petition within 10 business days to determine its sufficiency. The required number of signatures for citywide municipal offices is 25 percent of the total number of registered voters who voted at the last preceding regular municipal election. The required number of signatures for a district municipal office is 25 percent of the total number of registered voters who voted in that district at the last preceding regular municipal election in which that office was on the ballot and those signatures must be of voters registered in that district. If the clerk finds the petition insufficient or irregular, or finds that the number of signers is less than the total required, then the clerk must notify at least one member of the committee. The committee has ten calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and to correct the petition in all other respects, but it cannot change the statement of the grounds upon which the recall is sought. If, at the end of that time, the city clerk finds the petition still insufficient or irregular, the clerk must notify all the members of the committee and file the petition in the clerk’s office. No further action will be taken.
(Section 5.17 amended by Ord. 88-51, passed 7-25-1988; amended September 13, 1988 by Special Election; Ord. 2004-8, passed 4-5-2004; Ord. 2021-41, passed 11-29-2021)