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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Section 11-5. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency. <br /> <br /> (a) Initiative and referendum petitions shall be governed by the rules regarding form and <br /> sufficiency set forth in this section, as well as by such other rules as the county council <br /> may impose by ordinance, consistent with the provisions and with the spirit and purpose <br /> of the charter. <br /> (b) For acceptance of petitions, the clerk shall require that: <br /> <br /> (1) The petitions indicate the five members of the committee for that petition by <br /> name and residence address as they appear on the general county register for the <br /> County of Hawaii. <br /> (2) The petitions indicate the designated representative for the committee and the <br /> address to which all notices for the committee are to be sent. <br /> (3) The petitions be filed on papers of uniform size and style and assembled as one <br /> instrument. <br /> <br /> (4) Each elector signing such petitions shall print their name, which shall be <br /> reasonably similar to their name as it appears on the general county register for <br /> the County of Hawaii, and add their signature, month and day of their birth date, <br /> and the last four digits of their social security number on said petition. <br /> (5) The petition contain a prominent notice stating whether one or more petition <br /> circulators are to be paid. Paid means monetary payment or payment of goods or <br /> services. Pay for petition circulators shall not be based on the number of <br /> signatures collected. <br /> <br /> (6) The petition contain the ballot title and the ballot question. <br /> (7) Each page of the completed petition form shall be numbered consecutively. <br /> <br /> (c) For purposes of certification, any petition shall be found insufficient that: <br /> (1) Is signed by registered voters of the county equal in number to less than fifteen <br /> percent of the number of persons who voted for the office of Mayor in the last <br /> Mayoral election. <br /> (2) Proposes, or requests appeal of, an ordinance not subject to the powers of <br /> initiative or referendum. <br /> (d) Signatures are invalid and petitions insufficient: <br /> <br /> (1) If signers are not given an opportunity to read the full text of the proposed <br /> ordinance under an initiative petition, or the designation and description of the <br /> ordinance in question under a referendum petition, and if the full text of a <br />