Columbia Filing and Certification of Petitions ordinance (Charter § 130)

Within thirty (30) days after a petition is filed, the city clerk shall determine whether each paper of the petition has a proper statement of the circulator and whether the petition is signed by a sufficient number of registered voters. After completing examination of the petition, the city clerk shall certify the result thereof to the council at its next regular meeting. If the clerk shall certify that the petition is insufficient, the clerk shall set forth in the certificate the particulars in which it is defective and shall at once notify the person filing the petition of the insufficiency.