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STEP 2…SIGNATURE SPACE

Each signer must personally place his or her own information on the petition unless unable to do so, and must personally sign it. If a signer is unable to personally affix on a petition his or her own information, the signer may request another person to print the signer’s name and place of residence on the appropriate spaces of the petition, but the signer shall personally affix his or her mark or signature on the appropriate space of the petition, which shall be witnessed by one person by subscribing his or her name thereon. Elec. Code § 100.5

The petition must be designed so that each signer can personally affix

his or her:

(a) printed name; (b) signature;

(c) residence address, giving street and number, or if no street or number exists, adequate designation of residence so that the location may be readily determined; and

(d) name of incorporated city or unincorporated community in which he/she resides. Elec. Code § 100

IMPORTANT: “Unable to personally affix” as used above and in Section 100.5 means that the individual is “disabled”. Capo for Better Representation v. Kelley, 158 Cal. App. 4 th 1455, 1463 (2008)

• Pursuant to the California Supreme Court's decision in Assembly v. Deukmejian, 30 Cal.3d 638, 180 Cal.Rptr. 297(1982), the petition form must direct signers to include their "residence address" rather than "address as registered" or other address. Non-complying petition forms will be rejected as invalid.

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