Texas Election Code 141.064 – Method of Acquiring Signature
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Terms Used In Texas Election Code 141.064
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
A person circulating a petition must:
(1) before permitting a person to sign, point out and read to the person each statement pertaining to the signer that appears on the petition;
(2) witness each signature;
(3) ascertain that each date of signing is correct; and
(4) before the petition is filed, verify each signer’s registration status and ascertain that each registration number entered on the petition is correct.