Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

WHO MAY SIGN PETITION -- EFFECT OF WRONGFUL SIGNING -- PENALTY
FOR WRONGFUL SIGNING. Every person who is a qualified elector of the state of
Idaho may sign a petition for the referendum or for the initiative for any
measure which he is legally entitled to vote upon. Any person signing any name
other than his own to any petition, or knowingly signing his name more than
once for the same measure at one election, or who is not at the time of
signing the same a legal voter of this state, or any officer or person
wilfully violating any provision of this statute, shall, upon conviction
thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or
by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court before which such
conviction shall be had. Any such wrongful signatures are null and void and
shall not be counted as a qualified signature. Any person circulating a
petition, who knows, or who in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that a signature is forged and who shall thereafter fail to strike through and
thereby void such signature, and any person in a position of supervision of
such person who suffers or permits a forged signature to remain on a petition
shall pay a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such
signature.

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