(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 must 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 in the statewide voter registration system 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.
Unless physically unable, all electors shall sign their own signature and shall printtheir 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.
Any person, except a circulator, may assist an elector who is physically unable tosign 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.
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. L. 2016: (2)(a) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 577, § 32, effective May 18.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-4-603 (3) as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: For designation of candidates by assembly, see § 1-4-601; for designation of party candidates by petition, see § 1-4-603; for nomination of candidates by convention, see § 1-4-701.