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.... ~ - - - - - - -.... - - - -- ..- -- -- - -- - - - - - ___ - - - -- - -....J ____- =- =--=-- - = ~ -= --- ~- __ .- - _ - '---=-- -.. -~---=-~ --=--_ =-"":"""='_==--=:'lr....L- ... , - z_ _ _ _ _ Certification of Signature Sheets (OAR 165-014-0270) While processing signature sheets submitted for verification the county and city elections officials confirm that each signature sheet has a sufficient circulator certification. The following criteria (as adopted in OAR 165-014-0270, pages 68-69) are used to determine what constitutes an insufficient or sufficient circulator certification. Insufficient Circulator Certification A petition sheet will be rejected for insufficient circulator certification for any of the following reasons: ~ no signature whatsoever appears below the certification -+ no date appears next to circulator's signature or the date is crossed out -+ the date of the circulator certification is earlier than the date of the electors' signatures, unless the circulator and the only signer are the same person -+ the original date is crossed out, and a new date is provided, but the circulator failed to re-sign --y any part of the original date is overwritten with a different date ~ the date information is insufficient or ambiguous The date must be provided in month, day, year order if written in all numeric characters. -+ the original signature of a circulator has been crossed out, and a different circulator's signature is inserted -+ two individuals sign and date as circulator, unless the only signers and the circulators are the same people --+ white-out appears on the signature or date line ~ the circulator has signed using only initials, unless the circulator's use of initials as a signature is verified by exemplar .....the circulator has signed using a signature stamp, unless use of a signature stamp has been approved under ORS 246.025 ..... the circulator's signature is photocopied, carbon- copied, or otherwise appears on the face of the document to be a replicated and not an original signature except as provided for in ORS 250.043 -+the signature, printed name, and address are all illegible -+the signature alone is illegible, unless the circulator's use of the apparently illegible signature is verified by exemplar -+the circulator's signature is in printed script rather than cursive script, unless the circulator's use of a printed signature is verified by exemplar or ~ iffor any other reason, from the face of the signature sheet, the circulator's identity cannot be determined or it otherwise cannot be determined that the circulator executed the certifica- tion after witnessing the electors' signatures If a preliminary determination is made that a certification is insufficient, the certification signature may be verified by exemplar. For correct procedures on filing an exemplar, refer to OAR 165-014-0270 located on pages 68-69. Sufficient Circulator Certification The following defects in the circulator certification will not result in rejection of the signature sheet: -+the circulator's signature appears on the printed name line instead of on the signature line ~ the sig natu re consists of full last name and at least the first name initial ~the circulator has signed and dated the certification, but has not provided an address or printed name I ~the circulator has re-signed and re-dated the certification and the circulatorls original signature has not been crossed out