(2)

1. (a) The lieutenant governor shall, within seven days after the day on which the lieutenant governor receives a referendum packet from a county clerk:

   1. (i) count the number of the names certified by the county clerks on each verified signature sheet; and
   2. (ii) update on the lieutenant governor's website the number of signatures certified as of the date of the update.

2. (b) The lieutenant governor shall subtract the number of signatures removed from the number of signatures certified and update the number on the lieutenant governor's website accordingly no later than the earlier of:

   1. (i) one business day after the day on which the county clerk provides the notification described in Subsection 20A-7-306(4); or
   2. (ii) 54 days after the day on which the legislative session at which the law passed ends.

3. (c) The lieutenant governor:

   1. (i) shall, except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), declare the petition to be sufficient or insufficient 99 days after the end of the legislative session at which the law passed; or
   2. (ii) may declare the petition to be insufficient before the day described in Subsection (2)(c)(i) if, after the county clerks have finished certifying all valid signatures on the timely and lawfully submitted signature packets, the lieutenant governor makes the determination described in Subsection (2)(e).
4. (d) If the total number of names certified under this Subsection (2) equals or exceeds the number of names required under Section 20A-7-301, and the requirements of this part are met, the lieutenant governor shall mark upon the front of the petition the word "sufficient."
5. (e) If the total number of names certified under this Subsection (2) does not equal or exceed the number of names required under Section 20A-7-301 or a requirement of this part is not met, the lieutenant governor shall mark upon the front of the petition the word "insufficient."
6. (f) The lieutenant governor shall immediately notify any one of the sponsors of the lieutenant governor's finding.
7. (g) After a petition is declared insufficient, the sponsors may not submit additional signatures to qualify the petition for the ballot.

(3)

1. (a) If the lieutenant governor refuses to accept and file a referendum petition, any voter may, not later than 10 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor declares the petition insufficient, apply to the appropriate court for an extraordinary writ to compel the lieutenant governor to accept and file the referendum petition.
2. (b) If the court determines that the referendum petition is legally sufficient, the lieutenant governor shall file the referendum petition, with a verified copy of the judgment attached to the referendum petition, as of the date on which the referendum petition was originally offered for filing in the lieutenant governor's office.
3. (c) If the court determines that a petition filed is not legally sufficient, the court may enjoin the lieutenant governor and all other officers from certifying or printing the ballot title and numbers of that measure on the official ballot.