(a) Number of Signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least ten (10) percent of the total number of votes cast at the last regular municipal election.
Recall petitions shall be signed by qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least twenty-five (25) percent of the total votes cast at the last regular municipal election for the office of the officer sought to be recalled.
(b) Form and Content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and 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. Initiative petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance proposed. Referendum petitions need not contain the full text of the ordinance but shall contain the member assigned to such ordinance and its full title.
(c) Affidavit of Circulator. Each paper of a petition shall have attached to it when filed an affidavit executed by the circulator thereof stating that he personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures where affixed in his presence, that he 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 petition.
(d) Time for Filing Referendum Petitions. Referendum petitions must be filed within thirty (30) days after the date of the Mayor's approval of the ordinance sought to be reconsidered, or the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or its passage after veto by the Mayor, whichever is later.
(Amended 11-3-70)