(A) Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by qualified, registered electors of the City equal to not less than 18% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election in the City.
(B) All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil, followed by the address of the person signing. Throughout their circulation, the petitions shall contain or have attached the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.
(C) Each paper of a petition shall have attached, when filed, an affidavit executed by the circulator thereof stating that the circulator personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the were affixed in the circulator's presence, that the circulator 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 proposed or sought to be reconsidered.
(D) Referendum petitions must be filed within thirty (30) days after the Commission adopts the ordinance sought to be reconsidered. Initiative petitions must be filed within one hundred and eighty (180) days after filing of the affidavit of the petitioner's committee.
(Charter effective 1-1-77; Amendment effective 8-5-08)