Subdivision 1. A petition provided for under this Chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five (5) registered voters of the City whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. For initiative and referendum, a petition may consist of one (1) or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance or matter to be considered by the voters. A recall petition must contain at the head of each page, or attached thereto, a certificate stating the name of the officer whose removal is sought, the grounds for such recall in not more than two hundred fifty (250) words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about the officer’s recall.
Subdivision 2. 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 City Clerk before the City Clerk advises the Council of sufficiency of the petition.
(Amended 5-27-2003)
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