(a) After issuing the interim receipt of sufficiency to the petitioners for the initiative petition, the city clerk shall, at random, select five percent (5%) of the signatures determined to be eligible for verification. The random sample signatures to be verified shall be drawn in such a manner that every signature filed with the city clerk has an equal chance of being included in the sample.
(b) Upon generation of the random sample, the city clerk shall reproduce a facsimile of the front of each signature sheet containing a random sample signature and shall forward those facsimile signature sheets to the county recorder, who shall have fifteen (15) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to complete their examination and certify the results of the random sample.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)