Section 904 - Violations and penaltiesA person commits a Class E crime if that person: [2007, c. 455, §53(RPR).]
1.False swearing; signature. Circulates an initiative or referendum petition and swears that a signature is that of a person whose name it purports to be when the circulator knows that the signature is not that of the person; [2007, c. 455, §53(RPR).]
2.False acknowledgement of oath. Is authorized by law to administer oaths and willfully and falsely acknowledges the oath of a circulator of an initiative or referendum petition when that oath was not made in the presence of that person; [2007, c. 455, §53(RPR).]
3.False signature. Knowingly signs an initiative or referendum petition with a name other than the person's own name; [2007, c. 455, §53(RPR).]
4.Duplicate signature. Knowingly signs the person's name more than once on initiative or referendum petitions for the same measure; [2019, c. 456, §3(AMD).]
5.False swearing; signature made in circulator's presence. Circulates an initiative or referendum petition and willfully swears that a signature to the petition was made in the circulator's presence when it was not; or [2019, c. 456, §4(AMD).]
6.Failure to truthfully execute and file circulator affidavit. Knowingly fails to truthfully execute and timely file a circulator affidavit under section 903-A, subsection 4. [2019, c. 456, §5(NEW).]
Amended by 2019, c. 456,§ 5, eff. 9/19/2019.Amended by 2019, c. 456,§ 4, eff. 9/19/2019.Amended by 2019, c. 456,§ 3, eff. 9/19/2019.1985, c. 161, § 6 (NEW) . 2007, c. 455, § 53 (RPR) .