2-1-1.5. (Text of section effective July 1, 2020) Petition circulator application for registration to secretary of state--Ballot measure certification requirements. Prior to circulation of any petition for a ballot measure, a petition circulator shall submit an application to the secretary of state, obtain a circulator identification number, and be included in a directory of registered petition circulators. For each ballot measure on which a petition circulator seeks to circulate a petition, the petition circulator shall certify the circulator's name, that the circulator is at least eighteen years of age, physical address of current residence, physical address of prior residence if current residence is less than one year, email address, phone number, state of issuance for driver license, state of voter registration, occupation, the ballot question committee supporting the ballot measure, whether the petition circulator will be volunteer or paid, and whether the petition circulator is a registered sex offender. The certification under this section shall be submitted to the office of the secretary of state. If any statement included in the petition circulator's certification is determined to be false, any signatures collected by the petition circulator are void and may not be counted. Petition sponsors shall provide a list to the secretary of state of any person acting as a petition circulator for the sponsor's ballot measure, whether the petition circulator is paid or volunteer and, if paid, the rate of compensation.
An application submitted under this section may be filed by electronic transmission in accordance with methods approved by the secretary of state. To be timely filed, any application received by electronic transmission shall be legible when received by the means it was delivered.
A petition circulator and petition sponsor shall update any information required under this section with the secretary of state not more than seven days of any change.
Source: SL 2019, ch 14, § 3, eff. July 1, 2020.
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