§ 21-A §904 — Violations and penalties

A person commits a Class E crime if that person:
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;
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;
3.
False signature.
Knowingly signs an initiative or referendum petition with a name other than the person's own name;
4.
Duplicate signature.
Knowingly signs the person's name more than once on initiative or referendum petitions for the same measure;
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
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.

Legislative History

PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR). PL 2019, c. 456, §§3-5 (AMD).