(a) Number of Signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by registered electors of the Municipality equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the total number of registered electors within the Municipality at the time of the last election at which a Governor was elected.
(b) Form and Content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and each petition shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil and shall be followed by the address of the person signing, his or her ward and precinct, and the date of signing. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance or resolution proposed or sought to be reconsidered.
(c) Affidavit of Circulator. Each petition shall have attached to it, when filed, an affidavit executed by the circulator thereof stating that he or she personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures were affixed in his or her presence, that he or she believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be, and that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the ordinance or resolution proposed or sought to be reconsidered.
(d) Time for Filing Referendum Petitions. Referendum petitions must be filed with the Clerk of Council within thirty days after adoption by the Council of the ordinance or resolution sought to be considered.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1993; Nov. 4, 2008)