1. A. In General. Each signature page shall contain labeled spaces for providing, adjacent to each signature, the information specified in this regulation.

2. B. Required Information. When signing the signature page, each signer shall:

   1. (1) Sign the individual's name as it appears on the Statewide voter registration list or the individual's surname of registration and at least one full given name and the initials of any other names; and

   2. (2) Provide the following information, to be printed or typed in the appropriate spaces:

      1. (a) Date of signing,
      2. (b) Signer's name as it was signed, and
      3. (c) Current residence address, including house number, street name, apartment number (if applicable), town, and ZIP code.

3. C. Optional Information.

   1. (1) The circulator shall ask each signer to also provide the signer's date of birth or, at a minimum, month and day of birth.
   2. (2) A signer's failure to provide this birth information does not invalidate the signature.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 6-103, 6-201, 6-203, and 6-204, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.08 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 636); adopted permanently effective July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1212)

Regulation .02 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .06B amended effective January 16, 2006 (33:1 Md. R. 41)

Regulation .06B amended as an emergency provision effective June 21, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1277); amended permanently effective September 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1562); amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .07A amended as an emergency provision effective June 21, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1277); amended permanently effective September 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1562)

Regulation .07B amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .08B amended effective January 16, 2006 (33:1 Md. R. 41)