Item C: City of Eugene Elections Code Revision

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city recorder provide copies of the ballot title to petitioners and publish the ballot title in a newspaper of general circulation.] 2.979 Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Verification of Signatures , . Completed Petition (1) A[n] completed initiative or referendum petition shall be [filed with] submitted to the city recorder for signature verification. The city recorder may not accept for signature verification any petition sheets that do not comply with the requirements contained in state statute and this code for signature sheets. Within 15 days of [such filing] submission of a completed initiative or referendum petition for signature verification, the city recorder or the recorder's designee shall, by reference to the records in the Lane County Elections office, verify the number and genuineness of the signatures and the voting qualifications of the signers; and, if electors in a number sufficient under section 2.972 of this code have signed the petition, the city recorder shall so certify [and accept] the petition. If the city recorder determines that [there is] the petition contains an insufficient number of elector signatures, the petition shall be returned to [its sponsor] the chief petitioners. (2) If the number of elector signatures required under section 2.972 of this code [number of signatures] exceeds 4,500, the city recorder or designee may utilize the statistical sampling technique established by rule of the Secretary of State to [verify] determine whether a petition contains the required number of elector signatures [of electors]. If signatures on an initiative or referendum petition are verified [under] using this procedure, a petition may not be rejected for the reason that it contains [less] fewer than the required number of elector signatures unless two separate sampling processes establish the lack of requisite signatures. The second sampling must contain a larger number of signatures than the first sampling. 2.980 Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Presentation of Initiative Measure to Council. (1) No later than 20 days after [verification of signatures on a] the city recorder certifies a completed initiative or referendum petition [for a measure], the city manager shall present the petition to the council for consideration. At that time, or thereafter, the council may: (a) Adopt an ordinance proposed by an initiative petition; (b) Repeal an ordinance referred by referendum petition; (c) Vote to urge adoption or defeat of the initiated or referred measure; [or] (d) Order submission of an alternative measure or measures to be voted upon at the same election as the initiated or referred measure. [Council action to adopt an ordinance proposed by an initiative petition or to Proposed Revisions to Election Code with Commentary - Page 13 of 27 2/1/08 07 Elections Code - Prop. Revisions w-comments + (00192309)