HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  4707

AND THAT THE AFFIANT PERSONALLY SAW THE SIGNERS SIGN THE
PAPER.

23-3.

[(a) The Secretary of State shall prescribe the form
for petitions filed under the provisions of Article XVI of
the State Constitution. The signatures shall be on separate
papers, being no more than 8-1/2 inches in width and 14
inches in length, and bearing one or more signatures. Each
paper shall contain a full text, or an accurate summary
approved by the Attorney General, of the act or part of act
petitioned upon. The papers shall not contain the names of
persons residing in more than one county or in any county
and the City of Baltimore. To every petition (including an
associated or related set of petitions) there shall be
appended to the signature of each signer his residence, and
immediately below the signature of any such signer, there
shall be either printed or typed the name of such signer-
There shall be attached to every paper an affidavit, signed
under penalty of perjury, to the effect that the signatures
are, to the affiant's best knowledge and belief, genuine and
bona fide, and that the signers are registered voters of the
county or city as set forth in the petition, and that the
affiant personally saw the signers sign the paper.]

(A) THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS
SHALL PRESCRIBE THE FORM FOR PETITIONS FILED UNDER ARTICLE
XI-A OR ARTICLE XVI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND.

(b) Petitions filed under the provisions of Article
XVI of the [State] Constitution OF MARYLAND shall be filed
with the Secretary of State [who shall adopt procedures for
their verification either by the Secretary of State or his
designee or by the local board of supervisors of elections]
WHO SHALL FORWARD EACH PETITION TO THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE
BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS. THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES FOR THEIR VERIFICATION.

23-4.

It is unlawful for a person, as principal or agent, in
circulating or in having charge or control of the
circulation of or in obtaining signatures for any petition
(including an associated or related set of petitions) under
the provisions of [Article 16] ARTICLES XI-A AND XVI of the
Constitution, to misrepresent or to make any false
statements concerning the contents, purport, or effect of
the petition, to any person who signs, wishes to sign, is
requested to sign, makes inquiry concerning the petition, or
to whom the petition is presented for signature.

23-5.