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made a part of the recall petition, so that the first portion of the section will <br />read: <br />AnY qualified voter living within a council district of the City of Paris may make anid <br />file with the city clerk an affidavit containing the name of the council member o Il <br />that district whose removal is sought, which affidavit shall contain a stat , ll <br />exceed 200 words, of the grounds for removala Promptly after receipof a reca <br />etition, the city clerk shall serve, personally or by certified mail, a copy of th f <br />P <br />affidavit on the council member sought to be recalled. Withm 10 days o nt W th the <br />the affidavit, the council member sought to be recalled may file a stateme the <br />citY clerk, not to exceed 200 words, in response. Recall petitions shall contannd t e <br />name and title of the council member, the statement of grounds for the re lstate. <br />response of the official, if any. If no response was filed, the petition shall s <br />❑ For ❑ Against <br />61. Amend Section 113, "Recall petitions," to specify that the minimum numb <br />signatures required on a recall petition shall be equal to at least 51 percent c lt votes <br />member <br />cast in the last contested election in the district represented bY ther than 51 percent <br />whose removal is sought, or 200 signatures, whichever is most (ra <br />of all votes cast citywide, or 700 signatures, whichever is most), so that the first two <br />sentences shall read: <br />The recall petition, to be effective, must be returned and filed with t 1121of <br />clerk within 30 days after the filing of the affidavit required in Section <br />the Charter and must be signed by qualified voters of the district of th eT of <br />l <br />represented by the council member whose recall is sought. The numb to at <br />signatures on the petition blanks shall be in an amount equal m number <br />d <br />least 51 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last onteste <br />c <br />municipal election at which a council member was elected from that dist T is <br />or the signatures of at least 200 qualified voters of that dlstnct, whlch Tv <br />greater, and shall conform to the provisions of Section 102 of the Cha~ <br />❑ For <br />❑ Against <br />62. Amend Section 1149 "Recall election," to provide that a recall election for rem~ on <br />of a council member shall be held in the district represented by the council mhon shall <br />the next available uniform election date, as required by law, so that the se <br />read: <br />After the recall petition is filed with the city clerk, he shall at once examine e <br />and, if he finds it sufficient and in compliance with the provisions of th <br />Charter, he shall within five days submit it to the city council wrt s <br />h <br />certificate to that effect and notify the officer sought to be recalled of suc <br />action. If the officer whose removal is sought does not resign within five days <br />after such notice the city council shall thereupon order and fix a date for <br />17 <br />