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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS |
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Chapter 3-10. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM |
Section 3-1002. PETITION FORM
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1002.1The Board shall prepare and provide to the proposer at a public meeting an original petition form which the proposer shall reproduce at his or her own expense for use in circulating the petition. Each reproduced petition sheet shall be printed in its entirety on white paper of good writing quality of the same size as the original petition form prepared by the Board and shall be double-sided.
1002.2The original petition form prepared by the Board shall contain the following:
(a)Numbered lines for twenty (20) names, designed so that each signer may personally affix the date signed and his or her signature, printed name, residence address (giving street and number) and election ward;
(b)A statement requesting that the Board hold an election on the initiative or referendum measure contained in the petition, stating the measure’s serial number and short title;
(c)The text of the official summary and short title of the measure printed on the front of the petition sheet;
(d)A warning statement declaring that only duly registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia may sign the petition;
(e)Instructions advising signatories of the proper method of signing the petition as follows: EVERY PETITIONER MUST SIGN HIS OR HER OWN NAME. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS ANY PERSON PERMITTED TO SIGN ANOTHER PERSON’S NAME OR SIGN MORE THAN ONCE. PRINT YOUR NAME AND RESIDENCE ADDRESS IN FULL; and
(f)The words "PAID FOR BY" followed by the name and address of the payer or the committee or other person, and its treasurer on whose behalf the material appears, in the right hand corner of the front page.
1002.3The second page of each petition form shall include a circulator’s affidavit, providing space for the circulator of a petition to record his or her name and address and the dates between which the signatures on the sheet were obtained. By signing the affidavit, the circulator swears under oath or affirms that:
(a) He or she is a qualified petition circulator;
(b) He or she was in the presence of each person who signed the petition at the time the petition was signed;
(c)According to the best information available to the circulator, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
1002.4No petition sheets may be circulated prior to the Board’s provision of the original petition form.