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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="6-201" title_number="6" title_name="Petitions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Content and Process of Petitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A petition shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an information page; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>signature pages containing not less than the total number of signatures required by law to be filed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The information page shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of the subject and purpose of the petition, conforming to the requirements of regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>identification of the sponsor and, if the sponsor is an organization, of the individual designated to receive notices under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the required information relating to the signatures contained in the petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the required affidavit made and executed by the sponsor or, if the sponsor is an organization, by an individual responsible to and designated by the organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>any other information required by regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each signature page shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of the subject and purpose of the petition, conforming to the requirements of regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the petition seeks to place a question on the ballot:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a brief title that describes the topic, goal, or outcome of the ballot question;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>a fair and accurate summary of the substantive provisions of the proposal written in plain, clear language that:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>a voter can easily understand;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>does not explain the legal mechanism providing for the policy change; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>does not contain legal jargon or use double negatives or the passive voice; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the full text of the proposal; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a brief statement explaining what the practical outcome of each voting choice would be;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a statement, to which each signer subscribes, that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the signer supports the purpose of that petition process; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>based on the signer’s information and belief, the signer is a registered voter in the county specified on the page and is eligible to have his or her signature counted;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>spaces for signatures and the required information relating to the signers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a space for the name of the county in which each of the signers of that page is a registered voter;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a space for the required affidavit made and executed by the circulator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>any other information required by regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the petition seeks to place a question on the ballot and the sponsor elects to print a summary of the proposal on each signature page as provided in subsection (c)(2)(ii)1 of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the circulator shall have the full text of the proposal present at the time and place that each signature is affixed to the page; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the signature page shall state that the full text is available from the circulator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A signature page shall satisfy the requirements of subsections (c) and (d)(2) of this section before any signature is affixed to it and at all relevant times thereafter.</text>
  </level>
</section>
