Every person who obtains signatures of voters upon nomination papers shall under oath sign the following statement:
"I, _____________________________________ , of _____________________________________ , under oath, make affidavit and say that the signers of the within nomination paper (or papers) did so sign the paper (or papers) in my presence.
_____________________________________
State of Rhode Island
_____________________________________ , Sc.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _________ day of ___________________ , A.D. 20 _________ .
Notary Public"
History of Section.
P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 8; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 17-14-10; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1.