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<p class="MsoNormal">On Saturday, the Secretary of State announced rules for mail and email signatures on petitions. The rules can be found at:
<a href="https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/rule_making/files/2020/20200530ElectionsNoticeTempAdopSBSJ.pdf">
https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/rule_making/files/2020/20200530ElectionsNoticeTempAdopSBSJ.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following is a brief summary:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Proponents must submit and have approved by the Secretary of State a form for mail or email signatures.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Proponents may circulate both in person and remotely.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Email or mail signatures must be “wet.”
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Email or mail signatures must be witnessed by a registered voter who is not the collector.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The witness may either do so in person or remotely through an audio visual system that allows the witness to see the person signing.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">If the witness acts remotely, the signer must send by mail or electronic means the signed petition to the witness who must then affix a wet signature and return it to the signer.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The witness must sign an affidavit stating that the signature is of the person identified, that the person signing is a registered voter and the witness saw the signer sign.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The proponent must designate a collector and a transcriber.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The collector is responsible for sending and receiving remotely signed petitions.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The collector must sign an affidavit.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The collector affidavit must be sent to a notary to notarize.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The transcriber is responsible for transcribing the information on the remote petitions onto petition forms.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The transcriber must bundle the transcribed petitions with the original signature pages for submission to the Secretary of State.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The transcriber must sign a transcriber affidavit for each section.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The proponent must indicate which sections were circulated in person and which were circulated by mail or email.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Petitions and any cure must be submitted no later than August 3, 2020.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Any section that does not comply with the rules can be rejected.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Faulty affidavits can be cured.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The Secretary of State will compare signatures to those in the voter database.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tom Carr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boulder City Attorney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(303) 441-3020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">(pronouns: He/Him/His) <a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why"><span style="color:black">What's This?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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