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2.979 2.980 Circuit Court seeking a different ballot title and stating the reasons that the title prepared by the city attorney is insufficient, not concise or unfair. The petition shall name the city attorney as respondent. The court shall review the ballot title and measure to be initiated or referred, hear arguments, if any, and certify to the city recorder a ballot title for the measure which meets the requirements of state statutes in effect at the time the ballot title is prepared. Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Verification of Sianatures. Completed Petition. (1) A completed initiative or referendum petition shall be 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 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 the petition. If the city recorder determines that the petition contains an insufficient number of elector signatures, the petition shall be returned to the chief petitioners. (2) If the number of elector signatures required under section 2.972 of this code exceeds 4,500, the city recorder or designee may utilize the statistical sampling technique established by rule of the Secretary of State to determine whether a petition contains the required number of elector signatures. If signatures on an initiative or referendum petition are verified using this procedure, a petition may not be rejected for the reason that it contains 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. Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Presentation of Measure to Council. (1) No later than 20 days after the city recorder certifies a completed initiative or referendum petition, 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; (d) Order submission of an alternative measure or measures to be voted upon at the same election as the initiated or referred Ordinance - Page Page 9 of 18 20405(00195064)