§ 50033 Signature Verification Certification

• •The person in charge of elections in San Joaquin County checks if the signatures on a petition match the ones on voter registration forms.
• •They decide if there are enough valid signatures or not.
• •This rule was updated in 2002 and started being used in 2003.

A group of people wants to put a new rule on the ballot, so they collect signatures from voters.

The elections official checks if the signatures on the petition are real by comparing them to the signatures on voter registration forms. If enough signatures match, the petition is approved.