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Ç~ð -3- are accepted, then the ordinance receiving the greatest number of affirmative I votes is adopted, and the other ordinance is deemed rejected. If both are I accepted and receive the same number of affirmative votes, both are deemed . rejected. (b) When the council receives an authorized referendum petition, certified by ! the city secretary to be sufficient, the council shall reconsider the referendum ordinance, and within 30 days, shall either repeal the ordinance, or call an election on the repeal of the ordinance, to be held on the next uniform date authorized by state law for municipal elections which is at least 45 days from the date on which the council acts. (c) Special elections on initiated or referred ordinances shall not be held more frequently than once each six (6) 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 (2) years from the date of such election. Sec. 6.06. Results of elections, ~ Any number of ordinances may be voted on at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this article. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.05, if a majority of the legal votes cast is in favor of an initiated ordinance, it shall be effective as an ordinance of the city when the result of the election is declared. An ordinance so adopted may be repealed or amended at any time after the expiration of two (2) years by a vote of three-fourths of the : council members qualified and serving. A referred ordinance which is rejected by a majority of the legal votes cast in a referendum election shall be deemed repealed when the result of the election is declared. MEASURE NO.7 SHALL THE FIRST THREE SENTENCES OF SECTION 6.07 OF THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 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 secretary a petition demanding the removal of the officer, signed by at least ten (10) per cent of the qualified voters of the city. The recall petition shall be provided only by the city secretary. No signature shall be counted where there is a 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. MEASURE NO.8 SHALL SECTION 7.02 OF THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Members shall be appointed for a three-year term with approximately one-third to be appointed each year on a continuing basis.