SIGN-AT-HOME PETITION IS A BREEZE

It’s easy and convenient to sign the petition to Save Prop. 13. Voters can go to the SaveProp13.com website to get the petition, sign it at home and then drop it in the mail to the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. There’s even a convenient clip-and-tape mailing label that’s included with the petition.

We’re grateful that so many HJTA Members have printed or requested extra copies of the petition so they can collect signatures from friends and neighbors. Here are some tips to make sure every signature counts.

Signatures are verified in each separate county. So it’s important to write the county in the designated space above the signature blocks, and then be certain that the voters who sign that particular petition are registered to vote in that county. If they’re registered in a different county, use another petition.

Anyone who is at least 18 years old may be a petition circulator, even if they’re not registered to vote and even if they don’t live in California. There’s no limit to how many petitions one person may circulate or how many signatures one person may collect. However, each petition signer must be a registered California voter, may sign only once, and must handwrite their own name and address.

Be sure no one writes in the “official use only” column. Otherwise, it’s not essential to stay inside the lines as long as all the writing is clear. It’s fine to skip a signature block.

If someone makes an error, simply cross out that signature block and have them sign again.