(a) Within twenty (20) days after the filing of the initiative petition, the clerk shall certify on the petition the number of registered voters in each district of the city and in the city as a whole whose signatures are appended thereto and whether or not the petition is signed by at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of registered voters in each of four (4) districts of the city and at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of registered voters of the city as a whole, all as shown by the county registration books.
(b) If by the clerk’s certificate the number of registered voters signing the petition is shown to be insufficient, such notice in writing shall be given to each member of the committee of petitioners, notifying them of the number of missing signatures in each deficient category. The petition may be amended within twenty-one (21) days from the date of such certificate by filing supplementary petition papers containing the additional signatures.
(c) Within ten (10) days after filing the supplementary petition, the clerk shall certify on the supplementary petition whether the number of signers to both the original petition and the supplementary petition is sufficient or insufficient, as required by this article. If it is insufficient, the clerk shall notify each member of the committee of petitioners in writing of that fact.
(d) The final finding of the insufficiency of a petition shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose.
(Ord. O-84-14, passed 2-3-84; Am. Ord. O-99-17, passed 6-16-99; Am. Ord. O-2018-05, passed 11-6-18)