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- A. An initiative petition which is found by the Auditor to satisfy the provisions of Section 2.04.050 may be circulated after the ballot title is finalized (either at the conclusion of the seventh business day after the ballot title is received from the City Attorney or immediately upon final adjudication as prescribed by the court) and after the Auditor has approved the proposed signature sheet in writing.
- B. A referendum petition which is found by the Auditor to satisfy the provisions of Section 2.04.050 may be circulated after the proposed signature sheet has been approved in writing and prior to the preparation of the ballot title.
- C. The Auditor will advise the chief petitioner in writing that the preparation of the ballot title by the City Attorney and provision of the official signature sheet template does not certify that the proposed measure is a proper matter for the initiative or referendum process or that it is legal or free of legal defects.
- D. Each copy of the petition which is circulated must consist of a cover page including the ballot title and the text of the legislation being initiated or referred backed with the signature sheet. If the text of the legislation is too lengthy to fit on the cover sheet, each person obtaining signatures on the petition must carry at least one full and correct copy of the measure to be initiated or referred and must allow any person to review a copy upon request.
- E. Submission of an electronic signature sheet (e-sheet) for circulation must be filed with the Auditor on a form designated by state law. The Auditor must grant approval in writing to a chief petitioner prior to circulation.
- F. Each eligible elector signing the petition must do so by affixing the eligible elector’s signature to the signature sheet. Space must also be available on the signature sheet for the eligible elector's, printed name, residence address, and date of signing.
- G. No signature sheet may be circulated by more than one person. Each signature sheet must contain a certification, to the extent required by state law, signed by the circulator that each eligible elector who signed the sheet did so in the circulator’s presence and to the best of the circulator’s knowledge, each eligible elector signing the sheet is a legal voter of the City and that compensation received by the circulator, if any, was not based on the number of signatures obtained for this petition.