115.325. Form of petition--signing petition, voting for candidate or party not required.
Form of petition--signing petition, voting for candidate or party notrequired.
115.325. 1. Each petition filed pursuant to sections 115.305 to 115.405shall consist of pages of uniform size. The space for signatures on eitherside of a petition page shall be no larger than eight and one-half by fourteeninches, and each page shall contain signatures of registered voters from onlyone county. When submitted for filing, the pages of each petition shall benumbered in sequence for each county.
2. Each page of each petition for the formation of a new party shall bein substantially the following form: It is a felony for anyone to sign any petition for the formation of a newparty with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly to sign his or hername more than once to the same petition, or to sign a petition when he or sheknows he or she is not a registered voter. Signing this petition does notobligate you to vote for any candidate or party.
PETITION FOR PLACING A NEW PARTY ON THE BALLOT To the Honorable .................... (title of official with whom petitionis to be filed) for .................... (the state of Missouri or appropriatecounty):
We, the undersigned, citizens and registered voters of the state ofMissouri, .................... County and .............. (district ifappropriate), respectfully order that the .......... (name of new politicalparty) and its candidates be placed on the ballot, for election or rejectionto such public offices at the next election, to be held on the.................... day of ...................., ....., and each for himselfor herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a registeredvoter of the state of Missouri, ................. County and .................(district if appropriate); my registered voting address and the name of thecity, town or village in which I live are correctly written after my name.
CIRCULATOR'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF ............... I, ...................., a resident of the state of Missouri, being firstduly sworn, say (print or type names of signers)
REGISTERED VOTING NAME DATE ADDRESS
ZIP CONGR. NAME (Signature SIGNED (Street)(City, CODE DIST. (Printed
Town or Village) or Typed) (Herefollow numbered lines for signers) signed this page of the foregoing petition, and each of them signed his orher name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or hername, registered voting address and city, town or village correctly, and thateach signer is a registered voter of the state of Missouri and ...........County.
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Signature of Affiant
(Person obtaining signatures)
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Address of Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me this .................... day of...................., A.D. ......
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Signature of Notary Notary Public (Seal) My commission expires ..................... If this form is followed substantially, it shall be sufficient, disregardingclerical and merely technical errors.
3. Each sheet of each petition for nomination of an independentcandidate for public office shall be in substantially the following form: It is a felony for anyone to sign any petition for the nomination of anindependent candidate with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly tosign his or her name more than once to the same petition, or to sign apetition when he or she knows he or she is not a registered voter.
PETITION FOR THE NOMINATION OF AN
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE To the Honorable ........................................ (title of officialwith whom petition is to be filed) for .................... (the state ofMissouri or appropriate county):
We, the undersigned, citizens and registered voters of the state ofMissouri, .................... County and ............ (district ifappropriate), nominate .................... (name of independent candidate),residing at ............................. (address of candidate), as anindependent candidate for .................... (name of public office forwhich candidate is to be nominated) and respectfully order that the name of.................... (name of candidate) be placed on the ballot, for electionor rejection to such office at the next election, to be held on the.................... day of ...................., ...., and each for himselfor herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a registeredvoter of the state of Missouri, .................... County and.................... (district if appropriate); my registered voting addressand the name of the city, town or village in which I live are correctlywritten after my name.
CIRCULATOR'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF .................
I, ...................., a resident of the state of Missouri, being firstduly sworn, say (print or type names of signers)
REGISTERED VOTING NAME DATE ADDRESS
ZIP CONGR. NAME (Signature) SIGNED (Street)(City, CODEDIST. (Printed
Town or Village) or Typed)
(Here follow numbered lines for signers) signed this page of the foregoing petition, and each of them signed his orher name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or hername, registered voting address and city, town or village correctly, and thateach signer is a registered voter of the state of Missouri and............................ County.
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Signature of Affiant
Person obtaining signatures)
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Address of Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me this ........................ day of...................., A.D. .....
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Signature of Notary Notary Public (Seal) My commission expires ............... If this form is followed substantially, it shall be sufficient, disregardingclerical and merely technical errors.
4. When any registered voter wishes to sign a petition for the formationof a new party or nomination of an independent candidate and is unable to signhis or her name, the required information shall be printed on the petition bythe circulator of the petition page. The voter shall then sign the petitionby making his or her mark, witnessed by the signature of the circulator. Forpurposes of this subchapter, all marks made and witnessed in accordance withthis subsection shall be considered signatures.
(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.050, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)