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amendment is filed, make examination of the amended petition and, if the petition be still insufficient, he shall file his <br />certificate to that effect in his office and notify the circulators of his findings and no further action shall be had on such <br />insufficient petition. <br />d. Refiling not prejudiced. The finding of the insufficiency of a petition shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for <br />the same purpose. <br />6.05. - Election on referendum or initiative. <br />a. Submission to qualified voters. If council shall fail to pass an ordinance proposed by initiative petition or shall pass it in <br />a form different from that set forth in the petition therefor, or if council fails to repeal a referred ordinance, the proposed or <br />referred ordinance shall be submitted to the qualified voters on the next election day as established by the laws of the State of <br />Texas. Council may, in its discretion, and if no regular election is to be held on such day shall, provide for a special election. <br />b. Form of ballot. Ordinances submitted to vote of electors in accordance with this article shall be submitted by ballot <br />title, which shall be prepared in all cases by the city attorney. The ballot title may be different from the legal title of any such <br />initiated or referred ordinance and shall be a clear, concise statement, without argument or prejudice, descriptive of the <br />substance of such ordinance. Below the ballot title shall appear the following propositions, one preceding the other, in the <br />order indicated: "FOR THE ORDINANCE" and "AGAINST THE ORDINANCE." <br />Any number of ordinances may be voted on at the same election and may be submitted on the same ballot, but any paper <br />ballot used for voting thereon shall be for that purpose only. <br />C. Results. If a majority of the qualified voters voting on a proposed initiative ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, it shall <br />thereupon be an ordinance of the city. A referred ordinance which is not approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon <br />shall thereupon be deemed repealed. If conflicting ordinances are approved by the electors at the same election, the one <br />receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall prevail to the extent of such conflict. <br />6.08. - Procedure for recall petition. <br />a. Affidavit. Any qualified voter of the city may make and file with the city secretary an affidavit containing the name or <br />names of the officer or officers whose removal is sought and a statement of the grounds for removal. <br />b. Petition blanks. Upon receipt of said affidavit, the city secretary shall deliver to said qualified voter copies of petition <br />blanks demanding such removal. The city secretary shall keep a sufficient number of printed petition blanks on hand for <br />distribution. Such blanks when issued shall: <br />1. Be signed by the city secretary. <br />2. Be addressed to city council. <br />3. Be numbered and dated. <br />4. Indicate the name of the person to whom issued. <br />5. Indicate the name of the officer whose removal is sought. <br />6. Indicate the number of such blanks issued. <br />The city secretary shall enter in a record to be kept in his office the name of the qualified voter to whom the petition blanks <br />were issued and the number issued to said person. <br />c. Return ofpetition. To be effective, the recall petition must: <br />1. Be signed by qualified voters of the city equal in number to at least fifty (50) percent of those who were qualified <br />voters and voted on the date of the last regular municipal election, and at least one-half of the qualified voters constituting <br />23 <br />