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and filed with the clerk of the council before <br /> May 1 of an election year . . . <br /> a . Same rationale as in I and R. <br /> 2 . Section 15-1 - Amend as follows : <br /> Upon filing of such petition [with the council] <br /> the clerk shall examine the same to see whether <br /> it contains a sufficient number of [apparently <br /> genuine signatures of] registered voters . [The <br /> clerk may question the genuiness of any signature <br /> or signatures appearing in the petition and if he <br /> finds that any such signature or signatures are <br /> not genuine , he shall disregard them in determin- <br /> ing whether the petition contains a sufficient <br /> number of signatures ] . The clerk shall eliminate <br /> any sheet of the petition which is not accompanied <br /> by the required affidavit . The invalidity of any <br /> sheet shall not affect the validity of the petition <br /> if a sufficient number of signatures remains after <br /> eliminating such invalid sheet the clerk shall com- <br /> plete his examinations of the petition within <br /> [ twenty] thirty days . <br /> Section 15-1 ( c) - Add new sub-section. <br /> ( c) The clerk shall disregard all signatures dated <br /> prior to the last general election. <br /> a. Same rationale as in I and R . <br /> 3 . Section 15-2 - Amend as follows : <br /> . . . Upon adoption of an ordinance proposing <br /> amendments or revisions of this charter or [upon] <br /> within sixty days after the determination by the <br /> clerk that a petition for proposed amendments or <br /> revisions of this charter contains the required <br /> number of signatures . . . 881 <br />