The secretary of state with the assistance and co-operation of each county election officer involved shall determine the sufficiency of each application and petition for recall of a state officer. Within thirty (30) days of the date of filing, the secretary of state shall review the petition and shall notify the recall committee and the person sought to be recalled whether the petition was properly or improperly filed. The secretary of state shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed if he or she determines that (a) there is an insufficient number of subscribing qualified registered electors, (b) the petition was filed within less than one hundred and eighty (180) days of the termination of the term of office of the state officer sought to be recalled or (c) the petition does not conform to any other requirement of this act.