Item 6: Ordinance Revising Elections Code

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deadlines in subsections (c) and (d) of section 2.974 of this code; 3. Specify the size and kind of paper on which the prospective petition is to be duplicated; 4. Date and time stamp the prospective petition; and 5. Initial the prospective petition and approve it for circulation. (3) On the next business day after a prospective petition in the proper form is submitted to the city recorder, the city recorder shall transmit a copy of the prospective petition to the city attorney for review and action under section 2.977 of this code. (4) The prospective petition shall include a statement signed by the chief petitioner(s) declaring whether one or more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures on the initiative or referendum petition. Once the prospective petition is approved for circulation, the chief petitioners shall notify the city recorder not later than the tenth day after any of the chief petitioners first has knowledge or should have had knowledge that: (a) Any person is being compensated for obtaining signatures, if the statement included with the prospective petition declared that no such person would be compensated. (b) No person is being compensated for obtaining signatures, if the statement included with the prospective petition declared that one or more such persons would be compensated. 2.97[6] Elections - Initiative and Referendum, [Procedure Prior to Circulation of 4 Petition] . [(1)] Petition Requirements[Presentation.] No completed initiative or referendum petition may be submitted to the city recorder unless: (a) Prior to its circulation a prospective petition [is filed with] was submitted to the city recorder [containing]. The prospective petition must contain a copy of the legislation sought to be submitted to the electors and a signed statement on the face of the petition of the names and addresses of not more than three [persons or entities under whose sponsorship the petition has been prepared and is to be circulated] chief petitioners. If [the sponsor of the petition] one or more of the chief petitioners is an organization, the prospective petition shall disclose [its] the name and address [and] of the organization, the name and address of each of the principal officers of the organization and the signature of the chief officer of the organization; (b) As circulated, the prospective petition complies with the city recorder's specifications [listed below] and the requirements of this code, contains the caption or ordinance title required by section [2.973(3)] 2.975 of this code, and contains the names and addresses of the [sponsors of the petition] chief petitioners;