All petition papers comprising an initiative, referendum or recall petition shall be assembled and filed with the city clerk as one instrument. Within ten business days after such a petition is filed the city clerk shall determine whether each paper of the petition is properly attested and whether the petition is signed by a sufficient number of electors. The City Clerk shall submit the petition papers to the Board of Elections for verification of the signatures. The city clerk shall declare any petition paper entirely invalid which is not attested by the circulator thereof as required by Section 27 of this charter or upon which the affidavit of the circulator can be shown to be false in any particular. Upon completing his examination of the petition the city clerk shall attach thereto a certificate showing the result of the examination, including the results of the Board of Elections verification of the signatures. If he shall certify that the petition is insufficient he shall set forth in his certificate the particulars in which it is defective and shall at once notify the committee of the petitioners of his findings.
(Adopted by electorate, November 3, 2009 – Amending Ord. No. 11-09)