The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
CIRCULATOR. Any person who solicits signatures for an initiative or referendum petition.
CLERK. The City Clerk or the city official in charge of elections.
MEASURE. An ordinance, charter provision or resolution which is within the legislative authority of the governing body to pass, and which is not excluded from the operation of referendum by the exceptions in § 30.092.
PETITION. A document authorized for circulation, pursuant to § 30.082, or any copy of the document.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE. The street and number of the residence. If there is no street and number for the residence, PLACE OF RESIDENCE shall mean the mailing address.
PROSPECTIVE PETITION. A sample document containing the information necessary for a completed petition, including a sample signature sheet, which has not yet been authorized for circulation.
QUALIFIED ELECTORS. All persons registered to vote, at the time the prospective petition is filed, in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum.
RESIDENCE. That place at which a person has established his or her home, where he or she is habitually present, and to which, when he or she departs, he or she intends to return.
SIGNATURE SHEET. A sheet of paper which is part of a petition and which is signed by persons wishing to support the petition effort.
(Prior Code, § 18-32)
Statutory reference:
Similar definitions, see Neb. RS 18-2503—18-2511