SB 270

Currently, each nomination paper or petition for an election must contain the

dated certification of a qualified circulator, as defined by law, at the bottom of each

separate sheet, stating his or her residence and affirming that he or she personally

circulated the paper or petition and obtained each of the signatures, that the

circulator knows that the signers are electors of the jurisdiction or district in which

the paper or the petition is circulated, that the circulator knows that the signers

signed the paper or petition with full knowledge of its content, that the circulator

knows their residences given, that the circulator knows that they signed on the dates

opposite their names, that the circulator is qualified to circulate the petition, and

that the circulator knows that falsifying the certification is punishable as a felony.

This bill provides, in addition, that if the circulator is signing a petition for the

recall of an elective officer, the statement must be in the form of an affidavit

acknowledged by an officer who is authorized to administer oaths affirming the

circulator's identity and stating that the circulator appeared before the officer and

executed the statement in the officer's presence.