The signature to initiative, referendum or recall petitions need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition paper there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. Each signer of any such petition paper shall sign his name in ink or indelible pencil and shall indicate after his name his place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. Failure to list the address shall disqualify the signature. The Board of Elections shall verify the signatures. There shall appear on each petition paper the names and addresses of the same registered voters of the City of Piqua, who, as a committee of the petitioners, shall circulate and file the petition. The committee shall consist of no less than five nor no greater than ten registered voters of the City of Piqua. The affidavit attached to each petition paper shall be as follows:
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County of Miami, )
I __________________________________________, being duly sworn, depose and say that I, and I only, personally circulated the foregoing petition paper, and that all the signatures appended thereto were made in my presence and are the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
Signed ____________________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___________ day of ______________________, 20____.
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Notary Public
The foregoing affidavit shall be strictly construed and any affiant convicted of swearing falsely as regards any particular thereof shall be guilty of perjury.
(Adopted by electorate, November 3, 2009 – Amending Ord. No. 11-09)