A. The Secretary of State shall make or cause to be made a physical count of the number of signatures on the petitions. In making such count, the Secretary of State shall not include in such physical count:
1. All signatures on any sheet of any petition which is not verified by the person who circulated the sheet of the petition as provided in Section 6 of this title;
2. All signatures of nonresidents;
3. All signatures on a sheet that is not attached to a copy of the petition;
4. All multiple signatures on any printed signature line;
5. All signatures not on a printed signature line;
6. Those signatures by a person who signs with any name other than his own or signs more than once; and
7. All signatures on any sheet on which a notary has failed to sign, the seal of the notary is absent, the commission of the notary has expired or the expiration date is not on the signature sheet.
B. The Secretary of State shall notify the Attorney General of any and all violations of this title of which he has knowledge.
Laws 1969, c. 206, § 3, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969; Laws 1976, c. 30, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1976; Laws 1992, c. 92, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
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