Fulton Commencement of Proceedings; Petitioners' Committee; Affidavit ordinance (Charter § 10.2)

Any five (5) qualified voters may commence initiative or referendum proceedings by filing with the city clerk an affidavit stating they will constitute the petitioners' committee and be responsible for circulating the petition and filing it in proper form, stating their names and addresses and specifying the address to which all notices to the committee are to be sent, and setting out in full the proposed initiative ordinance or citing the ordinance sought to be reconsidered.

Recall proceedings may be commenced by any five (5) qualified voters of the City registered to vote for the elected official who is the subject of such recall by filing with the city clerk an affidavit stating they will constitute the petitioners' committee and be responsible for circulating the recall petition and filing it in proper form,

stating their names and addresses, and specifying the address to which all notices to the committee are to be sent. Such affidavit shall further specify the name of the elected official to be recalled and set forth the reasons for which recall is sought which shall not be more than two hundred (200) words in length. An affidavit to form a petitioner's committee for purposes of recalling an elected official may not be filed within six (6) months of such official's induction into office, within the last six (6) months of his term, or following an election held to recall such official during a term.

Not less than three (3) business days after the affidavit of the petitioners' committee is filed, the clerk shall issue the appropriate petition blanks to the petitioners' committee. For purposes of this article, a business day shall be a day when city hall is open for business.