§ 730. Signatures to petitions.

The signatures to an initiative, referendum, or recall petition 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 such petition paper shall consist of sheets of uniform size, printed and signed on only one side. Each such petition paper shall, at the top of such petition paper, contain a description of the ordinance or matter of such initiative, referendum, or recall petition which specifically identifies the subject of such initiative, referendum or recall petition. Each signer of any such petition paper shall sign his/her name in ink or indelible pencil, and shall indicate after his/her name his/her place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. Each such petition paper shall provide a space for the date of each signature and each signer of such petition paper shall indicate the date he or she signs.

Every petition paper shall have printed on its face, It is unlawful for anyone to sign any petition with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly to sign his or her name more than once for the same measure for the same election, or to sign a petition when he or she knows he or she is not a registered voter, or to encourage another to do so.

The affidavit attached to the petition paper shall be substantially in the following form:

State of Missouri	)
	) ss.
County of _____	)

 

I, ___________ being first duly sworn, under oath state that the following named person, to-wit (here shall be legibly written or typewritten the names of the signers of this petition paper):

1.___________

2.___________

3.___________

Etc.

signed the foregoing petition paper, and each of them signed his or her name thereto in my presence: I believe that each has stated his or her name and address correctly, has signed the petition only once, and that each signer is an elector of Kansas City, Missouri (or of the district if the petition is for the recall of a member of the council from a district).

Signed___________

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of _______, ___.

___________
Notary Public
(Or other officer qualified to administer oaths.)