A person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to punishment of thirty (30) days in the Gem County jail and/or a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00), who commits and is found guilty of the following acts:
A. Signs any name other than his own to any initiative or referendum petition;
B. Knowingly signs his name to any initiative or referendum petition if he is not a registered county elector;
C. Wilfully or knowingly circulates, publishes or exhibits any false statement or representation concerning the contents, purport or effect of any initiative or referendum petition for the purpose of obtaining any signatures to any such petition or for the purpose of persuading any person to sign any such petition;
D. Circulates or causes to circulate any initiative or referendum petition knowing the same to contain false, forged, or factitious names;
E. Makes any false affidavit concerning any initiative or referendum petition or the signatures appended thereto. (Ord. 79-3, 10-10-1979)