Section 76.

If such recall petitions shall be found insufficient by the election authorities, they shall forthwith return the petitions with their finding to the City Clerk. If the City Clerk shall find such recall petitions insufficient as to form and number of signatures, or if such petitions shall be returned to the City Clerk as insufficient by the election authorities, the City Clerk shall forthwith so notify the committee named in such petitions, who may within thirty (30) days thereafter file new or additional petitions, on which the procedure shall be the same as on the original petitions. Provided, however, if the election authorities shall a second time find such petitions insufficient, they shall retain the petitions and certify their finding and the reasons therefor to the City Clerk, and no recall petition against the official named in such rejected petitions shall be filed within six months from date of such finding.

(Amended November 4, 2003.)