If, after the examination and removal of ineligible signatures, the number of facially eligible signatures remaining on the signature sheets appears to equal or exceed the minimum number required, the city clerk shall issue an interim receipt of sufficiency to the petitioners, which shall list the number of signature sheets in the possession of the city clerk, and also the total number of signatures eligible for further examination and verification. The issuance of an interim receipt of sufficiency to the petitioners shall not preclude:
(a) The continuation or repetition of any examinations carried out prior to its issuance;
(b) The initiation of examinations or verifications not yet begun;
(c) Any other activities the city clerk deems necessary to make a thorough, accurate and complete examination of the petition;
(d) The exclusion from the total of valid signatures of any additional signatures found ineligible, invalid or void under the criteria of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)