You will be asked to sign a Statement of Understanding, a document stating that you have received all the necessary information. A brief description of the process is available online for initiative and referendum petitions. Until November 2002, Initiative Petitions require 26,095 valid signatures . Referendum petitions require 17,397. City Code requires petitioners to specify which election they are trying to place the measure on.
Signatures are due four months prior to the intended election date.
If you do note gather enough valid signatures by the deadline, your initiative is effectively dead. You may start the process over for the next available election. Detailed campaign finance reports are available for review in the Office of the City Auditor. Unfortunately, we do not have the staff available to perform research such as this. Campaign Finance Summaries are now available on the Auditor's Office website .