A petition demanding the removal of an elective officer shall be known as a recall petition. A recall petition to be effective must be returned and filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days after the filing of the affidavit as provided in the next preceding section, and to be sufficient must bear the signatures of qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least twenty-five per centum (25%) of the electors who voted at the last preceding regular municipal election, if seeking the removal of an officer elected from the City at large, and if for the removal of an officer elected from a ward, by the signatures of qualified electors of the particular ward equal in number to at least twenty-five per centum (25%) of the electors who voted at the last preceding regular municipal election in said ward. A recall petition, if insufficient as originally filed, may be amended as provided in this Charter.
(Adopted 11-4-52.)