Bill Text: IN SB0250 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Petition carriers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 186 [SB0250 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0250-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-6.
Synopsis: Petition carriers. Requires an individual who circulates a
petition that is required to place a candidate or a public question on the
ballot to provide on each signature page of the petition: (1) the
individual's identification information; and (2) a signed affirmation,
under penalties of perjury, that the individual has no reason to believe
that any signer on the page is ineligible to sign the petition or did not
properly complete and sign the page. Provides that a signature page
that does not comply with these requirements is void.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
January 17, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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Chapter 12. Carriers of Petitions for Candidates and Public Questions
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a petition that is required to place a candidate or a public question on the ballot.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "petition carrier" refers to an individual who circulates a petition that is required to place a candidate or a public question on the ballot.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "petition statute" refers to the statute that requires the signatures of petitioners to place a candidate or a public question on the ballot.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "signature page" refers to a page of a petition on which petitioners sign their names and provide other information required by the petition statute.
Sec. 5. If there is a conflict between this chapter and a specific
applicable provision of the petition statute, the provision of the
petition statute governs.
Sec. 6. A petition carrier must satisfy all other qualifications or
requirements required by the petition statute in addition to the
qualifications and requirements of this chapter.
Sec. 7. (a) The petition carrier must sign and date the following
statement at the bottom of each signature page: "I affirm under
the penalties for perjury that I have no reason to believe that any
individual whose signature appears on this page is ineligible to sign
this petition or did not properly complete and sign this page.".
(b) The petition carrier must also print the following
information below the affirmation stated in subsection (a):
(1) The petition carrier's name.
(2) The petition carrier's full address, including the ZIP code.
(3) The petition carrier's date of birth.
Sec. 8. A signature page:
(1) that does not satisfy section 7 of this chapter; or
(2) that is signed by a petition carrier who does not comply
with this chapter or the petition statute;
is void.
