168.482 Petitions; size; form; contents.
Sec. 482.
(1) Each petition under this section shall be 8-1/2 inches by 14
inches in size.
(2) If the measure to be submitted proposes a constitutional
amendment, initiation of legislation, or referendum of
legislation, the heading of each part of the petition shall be
prepared in the following form and printed in capital letters in
14-point boldfaced type:
INITIATIVE PETITION
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OR
INITIATION OF LEGISLATION
OR
REFERENDUM OF LEGISLATION
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
(3) The full text of the amendment so proposed shall follow and
be printed in 8-point type. If the proposal would alter or
abrogate an existing provision of the constitution, the petition
shall so state and the provisions to be altered or abrogated
shall be inserted, preceded by the words:
"Provisions of existing constitution altered or abrogated by the
proposal if adopted."
(4) The following statement shall appear beneath the petition
heading:
"We, the undersigned qualified and registered electors,
residents in the
city
township (strike 1) of .......... in the county of ..........,
state of Michigan, respectively petition for (amendment to
constitution) (initiation of legislation) (referendum of
legislation) (other appropriate description).".
(5) The following warning shall be printed in 12-point type
immediately above the place for signatures, on each part of the
petition:
WARNING
A person who knowingly signs this petition more than once, signs
a name other than his or her own, signs when not a qualified and
registered elector, or sets opposite his or her signature on a
petition, a date other than the actual date the signature was
affixed, is violating the provisions of the Michigan election
law.
(6) The remainder of the petition form shall be as provided
following the warning to electors signing the petition in
section 544c(1). In addition, the petition shall comply with the
requirements of section 544c(2).
Printed Street Address
Name and or
Date of Signing
Signature Rural
Route Zip Code Mo. Day Year
1.
____________________________________________________________
2.
____________________________________________________________
3.
____________________________________________________________
4.
____________________________________________________________
numbered lines as above
CERTIFICATE OF CIRCULATOR
The undersigned
circulator of the above petition asserts that he or she is
qualified to circulate this petition and that each signature on
the petition was signed in his or her presence; and that, to his
or her best knowledge and belief, each signature is the genuine
signature of the person purporting to sign the petition, the
person signing the petition was at the time of signing a
qualified registered elector of the city or township listed in
the heading of the petition, and the elector was qualified to
sign the petition.
Circulator—Do not
sign or date certificate until after circulating petition.