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<br />A <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM M~D RECALL <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />... <br />Section 5.01. Powers Reserved by the People. The people of the City of Ramsey <br /> <br />reserve to themselves the powers in accordance with the provisions of this charter <br /> <br />] <br /> <br />to initiate and adopt ordinances, to require ordinances passed by the council to <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />be referred to the electorate for approval or disapproval, and to recall elected <br /> <br />public officials. These powers shall be called the initiative, the referendum, <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />and the recall, respectively. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />Section 5.02. General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under <br /> <br />this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered voters of the <br /> <br />] <br /> <br />ci ty whose naIiles and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consist <br /> <br />of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its <br /> <br />] <br /> <br />. head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05.,5.07. or <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />5.08. which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer <br /> <br />shall be a registered voter of the city and shall sign his/her name and give his/her <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended <br /> <br />thereto was made in his/her presence and that the circulator believes them to be <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making <br /> <br />the certificate shall be a resident of the city and registered to vote. Any person <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />whose name appears on a petition may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing <br /> <br />filed with the clerk-administrator before said clerk-administrator advises the <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />council of the sufficiency of the petition... <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />pg.5-1/7 <br /> <br />.... <br />