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(o) If the council fails to adopt an initiative proposal or adopts a proposal with an amendment unfavorable to a majority of the committee, or if the council fails to repeal an ordinance reconsidered pursuant to a referendum petition within, it shall submit the originally proposed initiative ordinance or refer the reconsidered ordinance concerned to the voters of the county at the next general election. The ballot for such measures shall contain an objective summary of the substance of the measure and shall have below the ballot title designated spaces in which to mark the ballot FOR or AGAINST the measure. (p) The clerk shall publish the ballot title, ballot question, ballot summary and arguments for and against the measure in the Sunday paper of two Hawai `i Island daily papers with the largest circulation, for the three Sundays preceding the election. The committee shall be given the opportunity to write the argument in favor of the measure. If a group of five qualified electors give notice to the clerk that they wish to write the arguments against the measure, the clerk shall publish their arguments. Both sets of azguments shall be published in the same papers, on the same page, on the same days, utilizing the same size print. The names and addresses of the committee and the opposing group as they appear on the general county register for the County of Hawaii shall appear in the publication. Section 11-5. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency. (a) Initiative and referendum petitions shall be governed by the rules regarding form and sufficiency set forth in this section, as well as by such other rules as the county council may impose by ordinance, consistent with the provisions and with the spirit and purpose of the charter. (b) For acceptance of petitions, the clerk shall require that: (1) The petitions indicate, by name and address as they appear on the general county register for the County of Hawaii, the five members of the committee for that petition. (2) The petitions indicate the designated representative for the committee and the address to which all notices for the committee axe to be sent. (3) The signatures to petitions be filed on papers of uniform size and style and assembled as one instrument. (4) Electors signing such petitions shall print their names, add their signatures, residence addresses, and the dates of signing on said petition. The information provided by the signer of the petition shall be deemed acceptable if the clerk deems the signature, printed name and the residence to be reasonably similar to the information on the general register of the County of Hawaii. (5) The petition contain a prominent notice stating whether one or more petition circulators are to be paid. Paid means monetary payment or payment of goods or services. Pay for petition circulators shall not be based on the number of signatures collected. The petition contain the ballot title and the ballot question. (7) Each page of the completed petition form shall be numbered consecutively. 4