Bill Text: IN SB0281 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Carriers of ballot petitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections [SB0281 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0281-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-6-12.
Synopsis: Carriers of ballot petitions. Requires that an individual who
circulates a petition required to place a candidate or a public question
on the ballot must sign an affirmation on each petition page that states,
under the penalties for perjury, that the individual has no reason to
believe that any individual whose signature appears on the page is
ineligible to sign the petition or did not properly complete and sign the
page. Requires that the petition carrier print below the affirmation the
petition carrier's name, full address, and date of birth. Provides that a
signature page that does not comply with these provisions is void.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
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Chapter 12. Carriers of Petitions for Candidates and Public Questions
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a petition 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 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.
