§ 25 — Notice

Code of the City of Norfolk, Virginia (Supp. No. 166: codified through Ordinance No. 50,383, adopted June 9, 2026) · Norfolk City Charter § 25

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Sec. 25. - Notice.

At the expiration of said thirty days, the city clerk shall assemble all of said copies, and shall file the same as one instrument with the clerk of the circuit court of said city, who shall immediately transmit a copy thereof to the city general registrar who shall examine the same, and ascertain and certify to the clerk of the circuit court whether the persons whose names are signed thereto are qualified voters of the said ward or superward, equal in number to fifteen percent of the number of voters in said ward or superward who cast their votes at the last preceding regular municipal election in which such council member was elected, or on or after July 1, 2006, in the case of the mayor, fifteen percent of the number of voters city-wide who cast their votes at the last preceding regular municipal election in which the mayor was elected. If such signatures do amount to fifteen percent, the clerk of the circuit court of said city shall at once serve notice of that fact upon the council member designated in the petition.

(Acts 1992, Ch. 261, § 1; Acts 2005, Ch. 893, § 1)