Whenever a proposed Charter or Charter amendment is subject to referendum or a question is to be submitted for popular approval to the voters of the City, the City Attorney shall certify the same to the Board on or before three weeks prior to the election. Thereupon the Board shall include the same in the publication provided for in Section 26 of the City Charter and the applicable provisions of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.
In every petition, including an associated or related set of petitions, under the applicable provisions of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, there shall be appended to the signature of each signer his residence, the election district wherein he is registered as a voter, and immediately below the signature of any such signer, there shall be, either printed or typed, the name of such signer.
It is unlawful for a person, as principal or agent, in circulating or in having charge or control of the circulation of or in obtaining signatures for any petitions, including an associated or related set of petitions, under the applicable provisions of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, to misrepresent or to make any false statements concerning the contents, purport or effect of the petition, to any person who signs, wishes to sign, is requested to sign, makes inquiry concerning the petition or to whom the petition is presented for signature.
As to any petition, including an associated or related set of petitions, under the applicable provisions of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, it is unlawful for any person:
A. 
Knowingly or willfully to circulate, publish or exhibit any false statement or representation concerning the contents, purport or effect thereof, for the purpose of obtaining any signature to the petition or of persuading any person to sign it.
B. 
To refer to the City Manager a petition to which is attached, appended or subscribed any signature which the person knows to be false or fraudulent or not the genuine signature of the person purporting to sign the petition or of the person whose name is attached, appended, or subscribed to the petition.
C. 
To make a false affidavit.
D. 
To give, pay or receive any money or other valuable consideration or inducement for signing the petition or for securing the signatures thereon.
E. 
To circulate or cause to be circulated a petition, knowing it to contain false, forged or fictitious names.
F. 
Knowingly as a petitioner to sign his name more than once.
G. 
To sign a petition, knowing at the time he is not qualified to sign it.
On any petition, including an associated or related set of petitions, submitted to the City Manager under the applicable provisions of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, any question concerning the validity of the signature of any person on the petition affects that signature only and does not affect or impair any other portion of the petition.
In the enforcement of § 6-61, each separate violation and the invalidity or impropriety or each individual signature is a separate offense, punishable under the general penalties provided in § 6-33.
The result of votes shall be governed by the applicable sections of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, if applicable.