§ 7-9-109 - Form of verification -- Penalty for false statement.
7-9-109. Form of verification -- Penalty for false statement.
(a) Each petition containing the signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form, by the person who circulated the sheet of the petition by his or her affidavit thereon as a part thereof:
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(b) Forms herein given are not mandatory, and if substantially followed in any petition it shall be sufficient, disregarding clerical and merely technical errors.
(c) (1) Petitions shall not be disqualified due to clerical or technical errors made by a clerk, notary, judge, or justice of the peace when verifying the canvasser's signature.
(2) Petitions shall not be disqualified for failure of a clerk, notary, judge, or justice of the peace to sign exactly as his or her name appears on his or her seal if the signature of a clerk, notary, judge, or justice of the peace is sufficient to verify his or her name.
(d) A canvasser who knowingly makes a false statement on a petition verification form required by this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class D felony.