§ 41.7-703. Referendum.
Petitions signed by five hundred (500) qualified electors and filed with the Municipal Administrator within ten (10) days after the enactment of an ordinance shall serve to postpone for forty (40) days the effective date of such ordinance. Within this 40-day postponement, petitions proposing a referendum on such ordinance shall be signed and filed by qualified electors equal in number to at least twenty percent (20%) of the number of total votes cast for the office of Mayor in the most recent election for Mayor in the municipality. Any ordinance duly referred to the people in this manner shall be adopted only when approved by a majority of those voting on the referendum and upon certification by the County Board of Elections shall become effective.
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