<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<chapter num="03" heading="Signature Pages" title_num="33" subtitle_num="06">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="In General.">
    <text>Each signature page of every petition shall contain the information required by:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Election Law Article, Title 6, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>This chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Placement of Information and Signatures.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>One Side Only. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, only one side of a signature page may be used for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Signatures; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Any of the information required to be provided on a signature page.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Summary or Text of Question. If the petition is to place a question on the ballot, the reverse side of the signature page may contain:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A complete and accurate summary of the substantive provisions of the proposal; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The full text of the proposal.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Specification of County.">
    <text>Each signature page shall specify the county and, if applicable, the particular district or geographic area in that county, in which the individuals signing that page reside.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Subject and Purpose.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Description Required. Each signature page shall include a description of the subject and purpose of the petition, as required by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Election Law Article, §6-201(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>This regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Information To Be Provided. Except as otherwise specified in this regulation, the description shall include the same information as that required by COMAR 33.06.02.02 for the information page.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Exception—Summary or Text of Question.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>This section applies to any petition that seeks to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Refer an Act of the General Assembly;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Amend a county charter; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Refer an act of a county's governing body.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For a petition described in §C(1) of this regulation, each signature page shall contain:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The full text of the proposal; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>A summary of the proposal, as required by COMAR 33.06.02.02 for the information page.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>If the signature page does not include the full text of the proposal, the signature page shall prominently state that a copy of the full text is immediately available from the circulator.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Exception—Formation of Political Party. For a petition to form a new political party, the description of subject and purpose on the signature page need not identify the individuals who will constitute the initial governing body.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Statement of Signers' Support and Eligibility.">
    <text>Each signature page shall contain a statement of the signers' support and eligibility, as required by Election Law Article, §6-201(c)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="Signer Identification.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In General. Each signature page shall contain labeled spaces for providing, adjacent to each signature, the information specified in this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Required Information. When signing the signature page, each signer shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Sign the individual's name as it appears on the Statewide voter registration list or the individual's surname of registration and at least one full given name and the initials of any other names; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Provide the following information, to be printed or typed in the appropriate spaces:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Date of signing,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Signer's name as it was signed, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Current residence address, including house number, street name, apartment number (if applicable), town, and ZIP code.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Optional Information.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The circulator shall ask each signer to also provide the signer's date of birth or, at a minimum, month and day of birth.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A signer's failure to provide this birth information does not invalidate the signature.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" heading="Circulator Identification.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Identification Required. Each signature page shall include an identification of an individual circulator, as required by this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Information To Be Provided. The identification of the circulator shall include that individual's:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Printed or typed name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Residence address, including house number, street name, apartment number (if applicable), town, and ZIP code; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Telephone number.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" heading="Circulator's Signed and Dated Affidavit.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Affidavit Required. Each signature page shall include an affidavit to be signed and dated by the circulator, as required by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Election Law Article, §6-204(a), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>This regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Scope and Tenor. The affidavit shall state that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>All of the information given by the circulator under Regulation .07 of this chapter is true and correct;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The circulator was 18 years old or older when each signature was affixed to the page;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The circulator personally observed each signer as the page was signed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>To the best of the circulator's knowledge and belief, all:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Signatures on the petition are genuine, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Signers are registered voters in the State.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 6-103, 6-201, 6-203, and 6-204, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.08 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 636); adopted permanently effective July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1212)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06B amended effective January 16, 2006 (33:1 Md. R. 41)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06B amended as an emergency provision effective June 21, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1277); amended permanently effective September 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1562); amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07A amended as an emergency provision effective June 21, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1277); amended permanently effective September 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1562)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07B amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08B amended effective January 16, 2006 (33:1 Md. R. 41)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>