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the County of Hawaii, and add their signature, month and day of their birth date, and the last four digits of their social security number on said petition. (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. (6) The petition contain the ballot title and the ballot question. (7) Each page of the completed petition form shall be numbered consecutively. (c) For purposes of certification, any petition shall be found insufficient that: (1) Is signed by registered voters of the county equal in number to less than fifteen percent of the number of persons who voted for the office of Mayor in the last Mayoral election. (2) Proposes, or requests appeal of, an ordinance not subject to the powers of initiative or referendum. (d) Signatures are invalid and petitions insufficient: (1) If signers are not given an opportunity to read the full text of the proposed ordinance under an initiative petition, or the designation and description of the ordinance in question under a referendum petition, and if the full text of a proposed ordinance or ordinance under question is not contained in or attached to each signature paper or set of signature papers of an initiative or referendum petition, respectively, throughout circulation. (2) If written statements (executed by the circulators for each set of signature papers) are not attached to the papers at the time of filing of a petition with the clerk. Each written statement shall attest that: a particular individual personally circulated an identifiable set of signed petitions; each signed petition bears a stated number of signatures; each signature on a petition was affixed in the petition circulator's presence; each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be; and the full text of the proposed measure was made available to petition signers. (e) Individuals may withdraw their signatures by submitting a written request to the clerk within fifteen days after the filing of an initiative or referendum petition. Section 11-6. Withdrawal of Petition. A petitioners' committee may withdraw a petition at any time, but not later than the thirtieth day immediately preceding the day scheduled for a vote in the county on a measure concerned. A petitioners' committee shall be requested to withdraw its petition and the committee must comply, if the aims of the petition are resolved by intermediate council action to the satisfaction of the committee such that the initiative proposal is adopted as an ordinance, or that the ordinance reconsidered by the referendum petition is repealed. A written request for petition withdrawal must be signed by four of the five members of the petitioners' committee and filed with the council clerk. The filing of a withdrawal immediately cancels the petition and ceases all further action for the accommodation of the petition by the county. 5