§ 95163 Santa Barbara Petition Verification

• •The person in charge of elections in Santa Barbara 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 helps make sure petitions are real and not fake.

A group of people wants to put a new rule on the ballot in Santa Barbara County. They collect signatures from voters on a petition.

The elections official checks if the signatures on the petition match the signatures on the voters' registration forms. If enough signatures match, the petition is approved. If not, it is rejected.