Statute text

(1) Every petition shall be signed only by eligible electors.

(2) (a) For petitions to nominate candidates from a major political party in a partisan election, each signer shall be affiliated with the major political party named in the petition and shall state the following to the circulator: That the signer has been affiliated with the major political party named in the petition for at least twenty-nine days as shown on the registration books of the county clerk and recorder; and that the signer has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.

(b) Petitions to nominate candidates from a minor political party or unaffiliated candidates in a partisan election may be signed by any eligible elector who has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.

(3) Unless physically unable, all electors shall sign their own signature and shall print their names, their respective residence addresses, including the street number and name, the city or town, the county, and the date of signature. Each signature on a petition shall be made, to the extent possible, in black ink.

(4) Any person, except a circulator, may assist an elector who is physically unable to sign the petition in completing the information on the petition as required by law. On the petition, immediately following the name of the disabled elector, the person providing assistance shall both sign and shall state that the assistance was given to the disabled elector.

History

Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 688, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 34, effective July 1. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 765, § 28, effective May 20. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1626, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1311, § 8, effective April 22.

Annotations

Editor's note: This section was contained in a part that was repealed and reenacted in 1980 and 1992. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1992, are similar to those contained in 1-4-603(3) as said section existed in 1991, the year prior to the most recent repeal and reenactment of this part. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1980, are similar to those contained in 1-14-207 as said section existed in 1979, the year prior to the first repeal and reenactment of this part.

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