2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS
Chapter 11: BALLOT QUESTIONS
21-A §902. Verification and certification
§902. Verification and certification
The verification and certification of the petition as required by the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 20, must be worded so that a single verification or certification may cover one or more pages fastened together as a single petition. [1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
The petitions must be signed, verified and certified in the same manner as are nonparty nomination petitions under section 354, subsections 3 and 4 and subsection 7, paragraphs A and C. The circulator of a petition must sign the petition and verify the petition by oath or affirmation as described in section 354, subsection 7, paragraph A prior to submitting the petition to the registrar. If the petitions submitted to the registrar are not signed and verified in accordance with this paragraph, the registrar may not certify the petitions and is required only to return the petitions. The clerk or registrar shall keep a log of petitions submitted to the municipal office for verification. The log must contain the title of the petition, the name of the person submitting the petition, the date of submission, the number of petition forms submitted and the date and manner by which the petitions were returned. [2011, c. 342, §31 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). 1997, c. 581, §5 (AMD). 2009, c. 611, §2 (AMD). 2011, c. 342, §31 (AMD).
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