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name and address, and the addresses of each of the principal officers of the organization, must be provided (Eugene Code Section 2.974). 3. State Form SEL 301Statement One or More Petition Circulators Will/Will 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 initiative petition. BALLOT TITLE On the next business day, the City Recorder will provide a copy of the prospective petition to the City Attorney. Within 5 business days, the City Attorney will review the text of the proposed legislation for legal sufficiency and, if appropriate, issue a ballot title (caption, question, and summary of the proposed measure). Unless a successful appeal is filed, this text will appear on the ballot at the election for the may not initiative petition (Eugene Code Section 2.977). Petitioners obtain any petition signatures until the ballot title is final and they have obtained written approval to circulate petitions from the City Recorder. APPEAL OF BALLOT TITLE Upon receipt of the ballot title, the City Recorder publishes a notice that it has been received in the next available edition of the Register-Guard. Any elector dissatisfied with the ballot title may, within 7 business days after it is delivered to the City Recorder’s Office, petition the Lane County Circuit Court requesting a different ballot title and stating why the ballot title prepared by the City Attorney is unsatisfactory. The court will make the final determination of the ballot title, question, and summary that shall appear before the voters at the election. REVIEW OF COVER AND SIGNATURE SHEETS The City Recorder will notify the chief petitioners when the final ballot title has been determined, and only then may chief petitioners begin the cover and signature sheet approval process by submitting a draft of the cover and signature sheets to the City Recorder for review and approval. No signatures may be gathered until the approval process has been completed. Cover and signature sheets must include the following: 1. Cover Sheet , which must contain the following and be on the reverse side of each signature sheet (EC 2.975): a. Instructions to circulators and signers. b. Ballot title, question and explanation as it will appear at the election. c. Names and residence addresses of Chief Petitioners. d. An attached copy of the complete and correct text of the proposed legislation. 2. SEL 371 or 373 Signature Sheet , which must contain the following: a. The 10 word (or less) Ballot Caption. 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 may be used if no circulators are being paid. CIRCULATORS COLLECT SIGNATURES Number of signatures required to place an initiative petition on the ballot: An initiative petition requires 15 percent of the number of votes cast for mayor at the most recent mayoral election preceding the date when circulation of the petition begins. Based on the November 4, 2008, 12,062, election, the number of signatures required is who must be registered voters in Eugene. Many signatures are rejected during the verification process because they are illegible, duplications, or the electors do not reside within the boundaries of the City of Eugene. Therefore, petitioners are advised to collect at least 10 percent more signatures than are required (an additional 1,206 or total of 13,268) in order to increase the likelihood of having enough valid signatures to meet the requirement. I nitiative Petition Process Page 2 of 4 12/10/2008