Section 100 Of Chapter 2. Petitions And Petition Signers From California Elections Code >> Division 0.5. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever an
initiative, referendum, recall, nominating petition or paper, or any
other petition or paper, is required to be signed by voters of a
county, city, school district, or special district subject to
petitioning, only a person who is an eligible registered voter at the
time of signing the petition or paper is entitled to sign it.
(b) A signer shall at the time of signing the petition or paper
personally affix his or her signature, printed name, and place of
residence, including the street and number of the place of residence,
and if no street or number for the place of residence exists, then a
designation of the place of residence that will enable the location
to be readily ascertained. An incomplete or inaccurate apartment or
unit number in the signer's residence address shall not invalidate
his or her signature pursuant to Section 105. A space at least one
inch wide shall be left blank after each name for the use of the
elections official in verifying the petition or paper.
(c) The part of a petition for the signatures, printed names, and
residence addresses of the voters and for the blank spaces for
verification purposes shall be numbered consecutively commencing with
the number one and continuing through the number of signature spaces
allotted to each section. The petition format shall be substantially
in the following form: