§ 4.130.110. Petition and signature rejection for other reasons.

A.

If any allegation of fraud or misconduct is filed with the clerk prior to the certification or notice of insufficiency of the petitions, the clerk shall immediately investigate such allegations and reject the challenged petitions or signatures if such investigation reveals fraud or other irregularities which warrant rejection.

B.

Any allegation of fraud or misconduct filed after certification of the petition which would or may result in the invalidation of a sufficient number of signatures to cause a petition to be insufficient shall be referred immediately to the assembly. The assembly shall schedule a hearing on the matter and take such action as it deems appropriate with respect to signatures or petitions which are affected by any fraud or misconduct it finds.

C.

It shall be fraud sufficient to reject an entire petition booklet if it is shown that a petition sponsor has either failed to do any act or had no reasonable basis for a belief to which he is required to swear under Section 4.130.030(E).

(Ord. No. 2007-32, § 7, 10-9-07; Ord. No. 94-08, § 1(part), 1994)