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IIIallow the voters to vote either FOR or AGAINST the measure. <br /> Section 11-[8]7. Withdrawal of Petitions. [A petitioners' <br /> committee may withdraw its petition at any time, but not later <br /> than the thirtieth day immediately preceding the day scheduled <br /> for a vote in the county on the measure concerned. A <br /> petitioners' committee shall be requested to withdraw its <br /> petition and the committee must comply, if the aims of the <br /> petition are resolved by intermediate council action to the <br /> satisfaction of the committee such that the initiative proposal <br /> is adopted as an ordinance, or that the ordinance reconsidered by <br /> the referendum petition is repealed. ] A petitioners' committee <br /> may withdraw its petition if the aims of the petition are <br /> resolved by council action. A written request for petition <br /> • withdrawal must be signed by four of the five members of the <br /> petitioners' committee and filed with the council clerk. The <br /> filing of a withdrawal immediately cancels the petition and <br /> ceases all further action for the accommodation of the petition <br /> by the county. The petition may not be withdrawn less than <br /> thirty days before the general election. <br /> Section 11-[9]8. Results of the Election. If a majority of <br /> the voters voting upon a proposed initiative ordinance shall vote <br /> in favor of it, the ordinance involved shall thereupon be an <br /> ordinance of the county. A referred ordinance which is not <br /> approved by a majority of the voters voting on it shall thereupon <br /> be repealed. " <br /> I <br /> -8- <br /> 1016 <br />