A. On the petition to be circulated for signatures, the petitioners must include the final approved ballot title, the initiative number, a reference to any applicable city ordinances, the full text of the ordinance that petitioners seek to propose or refer to the voters, and all other text and warnings required by law.

B. Each initiative petition at the time of circulating, signing, and registering, shall consist of not more than one sheet and not more than 20 signatures on numbered lines on each sheet with the prescribed title and a full, true, and correct copy of the proposed measure referred to therein printed, which may be printed on the reverse side.

C. There must be numbered lines for signatures with space provided beside each signature for the printed name and address of the signer and the date of signing.

D. Petitions shall be printed or typed on single sheets of white paper of good quality, not less than 11 inches in width and not less than eight and one-half inches in length with a margin of one inch at the top, bottom, and sides of the petition for office use only; and each sheet of petition paper having a space thereon for signatures shall contain the text or prayer of the petition. For any particular petition, all sheets of paper shall be the same size. To ensure the integrity of signatures, each sheet shall also contain the following warning:

WARNING

Every person who signs this petition with any other than his or her true name, or who knowingly signs more than one of these petitions, or signs a petition seeking election when he or she is not a legal voter, or signs a petition when he or she is not otherwise qualified to sign, or makes herein any false statement, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

E. Each signature shall be executed in ink and shall be followed by the printed name and address of the signer and the date of signing.

F. Petition forms for submission to the voters shall include the warning language contained above and be in substantially the following form:

INITIATIVE (OR REFERENDUM) PETITION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON

TO: Finance Director, City of Bellingham, Washington:

We, the undersigned registered voters of the City of Bellingham, Washington, respectfully direct that this petition and the proposed measure known as City of Bellingham Initiative No. ______, and entitled (here insert the established ballot title of the measure), a full, true, and correct copy of which is attached to this petition, be transmitted to the City Council of the City of Bellingham, Washington, and we respectfully petition the City Council to enact said proposed measure into law; furthermore, if the City Council fails to enact this measure that it be submitted to a vote of the people at a regular or special election to be held on a date and in the manner required by the Revised Code of Washington; and each of us for himself or herself says:

I have personally signed this petition, I am a legal voter of the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, State of Washington, and my address is correctly stated on this petition and I have knowingly signed this petition only once.