2016 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS (115-130)
Chapter 116 Initiative and Referendum
Section 116.040 Initiative petition for law or constitutional amendment, form--clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature.

116.040. The following shall be substantially the form of each page of each petition for any law or amendment to the Constitution of the state of Missouri proposed by the initiative:

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It is a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section 560.021, RSMo, to the contrary, for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both, for anyone to sign any initiative petition with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly to sign his or her name more than once for the same measure for the same election, or to sign a petition when such person knows he or she is not a registered voter. INITIATIVE PETITION To the Honorable .........., Secretary of State for the state of Missouri:

We, the undersigned, registered voters of the state of Missouri and .......... County (or City of St. Louis), respectfully order that the following proposed law (or amendment to the constitution) shall be submitted to the voters of the state of Missouri, for their approval or rejection, at the general election to be held on the ........ day of .........., ....., and each for himself or herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a registered voter of the state of Missouri and ........ County (or City of St. Louis); my registered voting address and the name of the city, town or village in which I live are correctly written after my name. (Official Ballot title) .................... CIRCULATOR'S AFFIDAVIT State Of Missouri, County Of .................... I, ..................., being first duly sworn, say (print or type names of signers) REGISTERED VOTING NAME DATE ADDRESS ZIP CONGR. NAME (Signature) SIGNED (Street) (City, CODE DIST. (Printed

Town or Village) or Typed)

(Here follow numbered lines for signers) signed this page of the foregoing petition, and each of them signed his or her name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or her name, registered voting address and city, town or village correctly, and that each signer is a registered voter of the state of Missouri and .......... County.

FURTHERMORE, I HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT ALL STATEMENTS MADE BY ME ARE TRUE AND CORRECT AND THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF, FOUND GUILTY OF, OR PLED GUILTY TO ANY OFFENSE INVOLVING FORGERY.

I am at least 18 years of age. I do .... do not .... (check one) expect to be paid for circulating this petition. If paid, list the payer ..........

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Signature of Affiant

(Person obtaining

signatures)

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(Printed Name of Affiant)

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Address of Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me this ..... day of ..., A.D. ...

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Signature of Notary

Address of Notary Notary Public (Seal) My commission expires ................................ If this form is followed substantially and the requirements of section 116.050 and section 116.080 are met, it shall be sufficient, disregarding clerical and merely technical errors.

(L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2013 H.B. 117)

Effective 11-04-14

*Revisor's Note: Section 560.021, as referenced in the form contained in this section, was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.