The electors of the Town shall have power to propose ordinances to the Commission. Any proposed ordinance, including ordinances for the repeal or amendment of ordinances then in effect, may be submitted to the Commission by petitions signed by at least twenty (20) percent of the total number of qualified registered voters in the municipality. All petitions circulated with respect to any proposed ordinance shall be uniform in character, shall contain the proposed ordinance in full, each signer of the petition shall sign his name and street address in ink and shall place on the petition opposite his name the date of his signature. The signatures on any such petition need not all be appended to one paper but to each page of said petition there shall be attached an affidavit by the circulars thereof stating the number of signers to the portion of the petition so circulated and that each signature appended to the petition is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be and that said petition was signed in the presence of the affiant and on the date indicated.
(Adopted by electorate 11-6-73)