The signatures to nomination papers need not all be affixed to one nomination petition, but to each separate petition there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof stating the number of signers of each petition, and that each signature appended thereto was made in his presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. With each signature shall be stated the place of residence of the signer giving the street and number of the street, or their description sufficient to identify the same. The form of the nomination petition shall be substantially as follows:
To the City Clerk of the City of Gardiner:
We, the undersigned voters of the City of Gardiner, hereby nominate............whose residence is ......................for the office of ....................to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of Gardiner on the.................day of ..................20....and we individually certify that we are qualified to vote for a candidate for the above office and that we have not signed more nomination petitions of candidates for this office than there are vacancies to be filled.
Name.................Street and Number..........................is the circulator of the foregoing nomination petition containing.................signatures, and that the signatures appended thereto were made in his presence and are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
Signed......................
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ...........day of.............,20....
Justice of the Peace or Notary Public.........................
If this petition is deemed insufficient by the City Clerk he shall forthwith notify by mail....at No.........Street.
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