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signer shall sign his or her name in ink or indelible pencil, together with a notation showing residence address and voter registration number. No signature shall be counted where there is reason to believe it is not the actual signature of the purported signer or that it is a duplication either of name or of handwriting used in any other signature on the petition, and no signature shall be counted unless it is accompanied by all of the information required by applicable state law. Before signatures on any petition paper may be counted, one EB of the signers of such petition paper, a qualified voter, shall make oath before the city clerk or any other officer competent to administer oaths, that the statements made therein are true, that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be signed thereto, and that such signatures were placed thereon in that person's presence. Sec. 6.04. Filing, examination and certification of petitions. Within forty five (451 days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, the city clerk shall determine whether the same is properly signed by the requisite number of qualified voters. The city clerk shall declare void any petition paper which does not have an affidavit attached thereto as required in Section 6.03 ofthis article. In examining the petition the clerk shall write the letters "D.V." in red ink opposite the names of signers found not qualified. After completing examination of the petition the clerk shall certify the result thereof to the council at its next regular meeting. If the certificate of the city clerk shall show an initiative or referendum petition to be insufficient, the clerk shall notify the person filing the petition, and it may be amended within ten f-l-G-} days from the date of such notice by filing a supplementary petition upon additional papers signed and filed as provided for in the original petition. Within forty five (451 days after such amendment is filed, the clerk shall examine the amended petition and certify as to its sufficiency. If the amended petition is then found to be insufficient no further proceedings shall be had with regard to it. Sec. 6.06. Results of elections. (c) Special elections on initiated or referred ordinances shall not be held more frequently than once each six f€B months, and no ordinance on the same subject as an initiated ordinance which has been defeated or on the same subject as a referred ordinance which has been approved at any election may be initiated by the voters within two R1 years from the date of such election. Sec. 6.07. Power of recall. The people of the city reserve the power to recall any elected officer of the City of San Marcos and may exercise such power by filing with the city clerk a petition demanding the removal of the officer, signed by at least ten f-l-G-} per cent of the qualified voters of the city. The recall petition shall be provided only by the city clerk. No signature shall be counted where there is reason to believe it is not the actual signature of the purported signer or that it is a duplication either of name or handwriting used in any other signature on the petition, and no signature shall be counted unless it is accompanied by all of the information required by applicable state law. Before signatures on any recall petition form may be counted, one EB of the signers of such petition paper, a qualified voter in the City of San Marcos, shall make oath before the city clerk, that the statements made therein are true, that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be signed thereto, and that such signatures were placed thereon in the affiant's presence. Any recall petition form supplied by the city clerk shall be valid for tflH:ty f301 days from the date of its issuance and the expiration date and time shall be noted on the petition form by the city clerk at the time of its -4-