{"data":{"id":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-904","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"21-A M.R.S. §904","heading":"Violations and penalties","body":"A person commits a Class E crime if that person:\n1.  False swearing; signature.  Circulates an initiative or referendum petition and swears that a signature is that of a person whose name it purports to be when the circulator knows that the signature is not that of the person;\n2.  False acknowledgement of oath.  Is authorized by law to administer oaths and willfully and falsely acknowledges the oath of a circulator of an initiative or referendum petition when that oath was not made in the presence of that person;\n3.  False signature.  Knowingly signs an initiative or referendum petition with a name other than the person's own name;\n4.  Duplicate signature.  Knowingly signs the person's name more than once on initiative or referendum petitions for the same measure;\n5.  False swearing; signature made in circulator's presence.  Circulates an initiative or referendum petition and willfully swears that a signature to the petition was made in the circulator's presence when it was not; or\n6.  Failure to truthfully execute and file circulator affidavit.  Knowingly fails to truthfully execute and timely file a circulator affidavit under section 903‑A, subsection 4.","path":["TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 11: BALLOT QUESTIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec904.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"5cbf5ca1f2bdd24a31c967d11fc06546c24348a1ca8a8f2a4527178bb8df2195","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-903-e","next":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-904-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}