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If prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect a petition is signed by at least 100 qualified registered voters of the City, if filed with the City Administrator requesting that any such ordinance be repealed or be submitted to a vote of the registered voters, the ordinance shall thereby be prevented from going into operation. The Council shall thereupon reconsider the ordinance at it's next regular meeting, and either repeal it or by aye and no vote reaffirm it's adherence to the ordinance as passed. In the latter case the Council shall immediately order a special election to be held thereon, or submit the ordinance at the next election, pending which the ordinance shall remain suspended. If a majority of the registered voters voting thereon is opposed to the ordinance, it shall not become effective; but if a majority of the registered voters voting thereon favors the ordinance, it shall go into effect immediately or on the date therein specified.
The requirements laid down in Sections 6.03 and 6.04 above as to the formation of committees for the initiation of ordinances and as to the form of petitions and signature papers shall apply to the
referendum as far as possible, but with such verbal changes as may be necessary. A referendum petition shall read as follows:
Referendum Petition
proposing the repeal of an ordinance to (stating the purpose of the ordinance), a copy of which ordinance is hereto attached. The proposed repeal is sponsored by the following committee of registered voters:
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The undersigned petitioners understanding the nature of the ordinance hereto attached and believing it to be detrimental to the welfare of the City, petition the Council for it's submission to a vote of the registered voters for their approval or disapproval.
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Any five registered voters may form themselves into a committee for the purpose of bringing about the recall of any elected officer of the City. The committee shall certify to the City Administrator the name of the officer whose removal is sought, a statement of the grounds for removal in not more than 250 words and their intention to bring about his recall. A copy of this certificate shall be attached to each signature paper and no signature paper shall be put into circulation previous to such certification.
The petition for the recall of any official shall consist of a certificate identical with that filed with the City Administrator together with all the signature papers and affidavits thereto attached. All the signatures need not be on one signature paper, but the circulator of every paper shall make an affidavit that each signature appended to the paper is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Each signature paper shall be in substantially the following form:
Recall Petition
proposing the recall of from his office as which recall is sought for the reasons set forth in the attached certificate. This movement is sponsored by the following committee of registered voters:
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The undersigned registered voters understanding the nature of the charges against the officer herein sought to be recalled, desire the holding of a recall election for that purpose.
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At the end of the list of signatures shall be appended the affidavit of the circulator.
Within 30 days after the filing of the original certificate, the committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the City Administrator. The City Administrator shall examine the petition within the next five days, and if he finds it irregular in any way, or finds that the number of signers is less than 500, he shall so notify one or more members of the committee. The committee shall then be given ten days in which to file additional signature papers and to correct the petition in all other respects, but they may not change the statement of the grounds upon which the recall is sought. If at the end of that time
the City Administrator finds the petition still insufficient or irregular, he shall notify all the members of the committee to that effect and shall file the petition in his office. No further action shall be taken thereon.
If a petition or amended petition is found sufficient, the City Administrator shall transmit it to the Council without delay, and shall also officially notify the person sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action. the Council shall at its next meeting, by resolution, provide for the holding of a special election not less than 45, nor more than 60 days, after such meeting, but if any other election is to occur within 60 days after such meeting, the Council may in its discretion provide for the holding of the recall election at that time.
The City Administrator shall include with the published or posted notice of the election the statement of the grounds for the recall and also, in not more than 500 words, the answer of the officer concerned in justification of his course in office. Candidates to succeed the officer to be recalled shall be nominated in the usual way, and the election shall be conducted as far as possible, in accordance with the usual procedure in municipal elections.
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