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made a part of the recall petition, so that the first portion of the section will read: Any qualified voter living within a council district of the City of Paris may make and file with the city clerk an affidavit containing the name of the council member from that district whose removal is sought, which affidavit shall contain a statement, not to exceed 200 words, of the grounds for removal, Promptly after receipt of a recall petition, the city clerk shall serve, personally or by certified mail, a copy of the affidavit on the council member sought to be recalled. Within 10 days of service of the affidavit, the council member sought to be recalled may file a statement with the city clerk, not to exceed 200 words, in response. Recall petitions shall contain the name and title of the council member, the statement of grounds for the recall, and the response of the official, if any. If no response was filed, the petition shall so state. o For o Against 61. Amend Section 113, "Recall petitions," to specify that the minimum number of signatures required on a recall petition shall be equal to at least 51 percent of the votes cast in the last contested election in the district represented by the council member whose removal is sought, or 200 signatures, whichever is most (rather than 51 percent of all votes cast citywide, or 700 signatures, whichever is most), so that the first two sentences shall read: The recall petition, to be effective, must be returned and filed with the city clerk within 30 days after the filing of the affidavit required in Section 112 of the Charter and must be signed by qualified voters of the district of the city represented by the council member whose recall is sought. The number of signatures on the petition blanks shall be in an amount equal in number to at least 51 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last contested municipal election at which a council member was elected from that district, or the signatures of at least 200 qualified voters of that district, whichever is greater, and shall conform to the provisions of Section 102 of the Charter. o For o Against 62. Amend Section 114, "Recall election," to provide that a recall election for removal of a council member shall be held in the district represented by the council member on the next available uniform election date, as required by law, so that the section shall read: After the recall petition is filed with the city clerk, he shall at once examine it and, if he finds it sufficient and in compliance with the provisions of the Charter, he shall within five days submit it to the city council with his certificate to that effect and notify the officer sought to be recalled of such action. If the officer whose removal is sought does not resign within five days after such notice the city council shall thereupon order and fix a date for 17 T