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and address, and the addresses of each of the principal officers of the organization, must be provided. (Eugene Code Section 2.976) o State Form SEL 301: "Statement One or More Petition Circulators WiIIlWiII Not Be Paid." (Eugene Code Section 2.973) The chief petitioners shall include with the prospective petition a statement declaring whether one or more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures of electors on the referendum petition. D Cover Sheet a. Instructions to circulators and signers. b. The title of the ordinance to be referred OR the Ballot Title, Question and Explanation as it will appear at the election.1 c. Names and addresses of Chief Petitioners. d. An attached copy of the complete and correct text of the ordinance being referred. (Eugene Code Section 2.973) D Signature Sheet a. The title of the ordinance to be referred OR the 10 word (or less) Ballot Title. b. A clear statement as to whether petition circulators are being paid. State Form SEL 373 is to be used if some circulators are being paid. State Form SEL 371 is to be used if no circulators are being paid. c. A signed statement by the circulator that all signatures on the sheet were collected in his/her presence. (Eugene Code Section 2.973) 2. BALLOT TITLE The City Recorder will provide to the City Attorney two copies of the prospective petition and the City Attorney Will, within 5 business days, review the prospective petition for legal sufficiency and, if appropriate, issue a ballot title, question, and explanation of the prospective petition. This text will appear on the ballot at the election for the referendum petition. (Eugene Code Section 2.977(1 )). Once the chief petitioners have received written approval to circulate, the ballot title drafting process and the collection of signatures may occur simultaneously, 3. APPEAL OF BALLOT TITLE Upon receipt of the ballot title, the City Recorder publishes a notice that the ballot title has been received in the next available edition of a newspaper of general circulation. Any elector dissatisfied with the ballot title may, within 5 business days after it is delivered to the City Recorder's Office, submit to the City Recorder a written appeal to the City Council requesting a different ballot title and stating why the ballot title prepared by the City Attorney is unsatisfactory. The council shall afford the appellant a hearing and act on that request within ten business days after the ballot title is delivered to the City Recorder. The ballot title, question and explanation drafted by the council shall be the official ballot language and shall appear before the voters at 1 Eugene Code 2.973(4) allows that each signature sheet may contain the title of the ordinance to be referred instead of the caption of the ballot title. If petitioners place the Ballot Title language on the cover and signature sheet, and the ballot title is later changed by the City Council through the appeal process, all signatures collected with the original language would be invalid. Therefore, it is recommended that the Ordinance title be used instead. Referendum Petition Process Page 2 8/2007