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<br />different ballot title for the measure and stating why the title prepared by <br />the city attorney is unsatisfactory. Within ten business days after the <br />ballot title is delivered to the city recorder, the council shall afford the <br />appellant a hearing and either approve the ballot title or prescribe <br />another ballot title for the measure] petition the Lane County Circuit <br />Court seeking a different ballot title and stating the reasons that <br />the title prepared by the city attorney is insufficient, not concise or <br />unfair. The petition shall name the city attorney as respondent. <br />The court shall review the ballot title and measure to be initiated or <br />referred, hear arguments, if any, and certify to the city recorder a <br />ballot title for the measure which meets the requirements of state <br />statutes in effect at the time the ballot title is prepared. [The title <br />thus adopted shall be the ballot title for the measure.] <br /> <br />2.979 Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Verification of Signatures <br />, <br />. <br />Completed Petition <br />(1) <br /> A[n] completed initiative or referendum petition shall be [filed with] <br />submitted to the city recorder for signature verification. The city <br />recorder may not accept for signature verification any petition <br />sheets that do not comply with the requirements contained in state <br />statute and this code for signature sheets. Within 15 days of [such <br />filing] submission of a completed initiative or referendum petition <br />for signature verification, the city recorder or the recorder's designee <br />shall, by reference to the records in the Lane County Elections office, <br />verify the number and genuineness of the signatures and the voting <br />qualifications of the signers; and, if electors in a number sufficient under <br />section 2.972 of this code have signed the petition, the city recorder <br />shall so certify [and accept] the petition. If the city recorder determines <br />that [there is] the petition contains an insufficient number of elector <br />signatures, the petition shall be returned to [its sponsor] the chief <br />petitioners. <br />(2) <br /> If the number of elector signatures required under section 2.972 of <br />this code [number of signatures] exceeds 4,500, the city recorder or <br />designee may utilize the statistical sampling technique established by <br />rule of the Secretary of State to [verify] determine whether a petition <br />contains the required number of elector signatures [of electors]. If <br />signatures on an initiative or referendum petition are verified <br />[under] using this procedure, a petition may not be rejected for the <br />reason that it contains [less] fewer than the required number of elector <br />signatures unless two separate sampling processes establish the lack <br />of requisite signatures. The second sampling must contain a larger <br />number of signatures than the first sampling. <br /> <br />2.980 Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Presentation of Initiative Measure <br />to Council. <br /> <br />(1) No later than 20 days after [verification of signatures on a] the city <br /> <br />Ordinance – Page Page 12 of 24 <br />S0803106-attA.DOC 3/7/2008 <br /> <br />