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Pertinent California Elections Code Sections:
Special District recall petitions

California Elections Code
Division 11
Chapter 1
Article 3
Section 11045: Only registered voters of the electoral jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled are qualified to circulate or sign a recall petition for that officer.

California Elections Code
Division 11
Chapter 1
Article 3
Section 11046:  To each section of a petition shall be attached a declaration, signed by the circulator thereof, that complies with Section 104.  The declaration shall include a statement that the circulator is a registered voter in the jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled.

California Elections Code
Division 0.5
Chapter 2
Section 104(b): Each declaration submitted pursuant to this section shall also set forth the following:

(1) That the circulator circulated that section and witnessed the appended signatures being written.
(2) That according to the best information and belief of the circulator, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
California Elections Code
Division 0.5
Section 104 (c): The circulator shall certify to the content of the declaration as to its truth and correctness, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, with the signature of his or her name at length, including given name, middle name or initial, or initial and middle name.   The circulator shall state the date and the place of execution on the declaration immediately preceding his or her signature.

The laws quoted above are included on pages 19 and 20 of the California Secretary of State's "Procedure for RECALL of State and Local Officials" that was given to the recall proponents by the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters. Click here for an on-line copy of this manual.

The full text of these laws may be found on line as follows:

California Elections Code Sections 11040-11047
California Elections Code Sections 100-106


Click here for the message sent by recall facilitator Darrell Nelson on June 30, 2001, confirming that petitions were being collected by a person who does not live in the District. The recall petition circulator in question lives in Sutter County and is served by the Elverta Post Office.