§ 8.04. Filing, examination and certification of petition.

Within ten (10) days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, the secretary shall determine whether the same is signed by the requisite number of qualified voters. The city secretary shall declare void any petition paper which does not have an affidavit attached thereto as required by section 8.03 of this chapter. After completing examination of the petition, the city secretary shall certify the results thereof to the city council at its next meeting, stating the number of persons found on the petition who are qualified to vote and the number of persons found on the petition who are not qualified to vote. If the certification of the city secretary shall show an initiative or referendum petition to be insufficient, the city secretary shall notify the person filing the petition, and it may be amended within ten (10) days from the date of such notice by filing a supplementary petition upon additional paper signed and filed as provided for in the original petition. Within ten (10) days after such amendment is filed, the city secretary shall examine the amended petition and certify as to its sufficiency. If the amended initiative petition is found to be insufficient, the city secretary shall return the petition to the person filing same, without prejudice to the filing of a new petition for the same purpose; provided, however, that upon finding the amended initiative petition to be insufficient, no new petition covering the same subject matter shall be filed until six (6) months shall have elapsed from the date of filing of the original initiative petition.