(a) The term "petition," as used in this article, includes the title and text of the proposed measure, the signature sheets, and the affidavit of circulator.
(b) The term "at all times during circulation" means the entire period from the time the circulator receives any blank initiative petition for circulation until the time the petition is filed with the city clerk.
(c) Any initiative petition desired to be submitted to the mayor and council shall be presented upon a petition in the form prescribed by the city clerk.
(d) The referendum and recall petitions filed with the city clerk must strictly comply with the constitutional and statutory requirements for the referendum and recall process. This includes the form of petition and the requirement that the ward number shall be filled in on the signature sheet.
(e) It is the responsibility of the petitioners of the initiative petition to ensure that at all times during circulation, the petition is in the required form, that it contains all required information, and that all of its pages are fully legible. Any deficiencies are subject to challenge by the public as well as the city clerk.
(f) No additional information, instructions, symbols, or markings of any kind are to be printed on any portion of the petition, including the back or margins of any of the petition documents (title/text, signature sheet, affidavit of circulator).
(g) The title and text of the measure proposed by the petition shall be printed in at least eight (8) point type on either 8 1/2 x 11" or 8 1/2 x 14" paper, portrait or landscape orientation, and shall include both the original and (if applicable) amended text. The title and text shall indicate material deleted, if any, by printing the material with a line drawn through the center of the letters of the material, and shall indicate material added or new material by printing the letters of the material in capital letters. The eight (8) point type requirement does not apply to maps, charts, or other graphics.
(h) If the full printing of the title and text of the proposed measure requires multiple pages, the title and text may be printed either on the front of each page or on the front and back of each page, at the option of the petitioners. Each and every page of the title and text shall be numbered sequentially (e.g. Page 1 of 5, Page 2 of 5, etc.) and the number shall appear in the upper right-hand corner of each page, immediately below the words "Tucson, Arizona" and the date of issuance.
(i) The initiative petition shall be printed in black ink on white or recycled white pages.
(j) The signature sheets shall be fourteen (14) inches in width by eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches in length.
(k) All pages of the petition shall have a margin of at least one-half (1/2) inch at the top and one-fourth (1/4) inch at the bottom of each page.
(l) The title of the petition shall read "CITY OF TUCSON" in the left margin followed by "Initiative Description" centered.
(m) The following language shall appear in the uppermost right-hand corner of the signature sheet: "It is unlawful to sign this petition before it has a serial number."
(n) Immediately below the statement required in subsection (m) of this section, each signature sheet shall have printed in capital letters in no less than twelve (12) point bold-faced type the following:
" PAID CIRCULATOR"
" VOLUNTEER"
(o) Immediately below the heading required in subsection (l) of this section, the petition shall include a description of no more than one hundred (100) words.
(p) Immediately below the description required in subsection (o) of this section, the following language shall be included: "Notice: This is only a description of the proposed measure (or charter amendment) prepared by the sponsor of the measure. It may not include every provision contained in the measure. Before signing, make sure the title and text of the measure are attached. You have the right to read or examine the title and text before signing."
(q) Immediately below the notice required in subsection (p) of this section, the following language shall be included in eight (8) point centered type "Initiative Measure to be Submitted Directly to Electors". Immediately below this centered heading, the following language shall be included: "To the Honorable Mayor and Council, and the Clerk of the City of Tucson: We, the undersigned, residents of the City of Tucson, Arizona, and duly qualified electors therein, do hereby submit and propose to you, for adoption, the following ordinance, and request that action be taken by you relative to the adoption or rejection of such proposed ordinance, at the earliest possible moment, and that the same be forthwith submitted to a vote of the people, to-wit: __________________, as described in the attached Title and Text. Each signer says: I have personally signed this petition with my first and last names. I have not signed any other petition for the same measure. I am a qualified elector of the City of Tucson, State of Arizona".
(r) Immediately following the language described subsection (q) above, the following language shall be included: "Warning: It is a class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly sign an initiative petition with a name other than his own, except in a circumstance where he signs for a person, in the presence of and at the specific request of such person, who is incapable of signing his own name because of physical infirmity, or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the same measure, or to knowingly sign such petition when he is not a qualified elector."
(s) The signature sheet shall include columns with the following headings:
(1) Signature
(2) Name (First and Last Name Printed)
(3) Actual Address (Street & Number, if no street address, describe residence location)
(4) Arizona Post Office Box and Zip Code
(5) City or Town
(6) Ward No.
(7) Date Signed
(t) Each signature sheet shall contain lines for signatures numbered one (1) through fifteen (15).
(u) Immediately below the fifteen (15) numbered lines described in subsection (t) above, the following language shall be included: "The validity of the signatures on this sheet must be sworn to by the circulator before a notary public on the form appearing on the back of the sheet."
(v) The official serial number shall appear in the lower right-hand corner, immediately preceded by the words "Serial Number" on both sides of the signature sheet and the title and text page(s).
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)