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SUBCHAPTER III.* -- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PROCESS; RECALL PROCESS §1-1320. Initiative and referendum process. (a) (1) Any registered qualified elector, or electors of the District of Columbia, who desire to submit a proposed initiative measure to the electors of the District of Columbia, or who desire to order that a referendum be held on any act, or on some part or parts of an act, that has completed the course of the legislative process within the District of Columbia government in accordance with section 1-227(e), shall file with the Board five (5) printed or typewritten copies of the full text of the measure, a summary statement of not more than one hundred (100) words, and a short title of the measure to be proposed in an initiative, or of the act or part thereof on which a referendum is desired. (2) The proposed initiative measure, or the act or part thereof, on ' which a referendum is desired shall be accompanied by: (A) The name and address of the proposer; and (B) An affidavit that the proposer is a registered qualified elector of the District of Columbia. (b) (1) Upon receipt of each proposed initiative or referendum measure, the Board shall refuse to accept the measure if the Board finds that it is not a proper subject of initiative or referendum, whichever is applic- able, under the terms of title IV of the District of Columbia Self- Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, or upon any of the fol- lowing grounds: (A) The verified statement of contributions has not been filed pursuant to §§1-l414 and 1-1416; (B) The petition is not in the proper form established in subsec- tion (a) of this section; (C) The measure authorizes, or would have the effect of authori- zing, discrimination prohibited under Chapter 24 of this title; or (D) The measure presented would negate or limit an act of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to section 47-304. (2) In the case of refusal to accept a measure, the Board shall endorse on the measure the words "received but not accepted" and the date, and retain the measure pending appeal. If none of the grounds for refusal exists, the Board shall accept the measure. (3) If the Board refuses to accept any initiative or referendum measure submitted to it, the person or persons submitting such measure may apply, within ten days after the Board's refusal to accept such measure, to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a writ in the nature of mandamus to compel the Board to accept such measure. The Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall expedite consideration of the matter. If the Superior Court of the District of Columbia determines that the issue presented by the measure is a proper subject of initiative or * SUBCHAPTER designation and caption under Elections inserted by the General Counsel for reader assistance and reference. - 27 - 623