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[from http://cannabistaxact.org] Note: the text of the OCTA is available in its entirety on the post prior to this – here.
Oregon Cannabis Tax Act – Circulator Training – OCTA 101
Thank you for your interest in being a volunteer circulator for OCTA 2010 (Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2010). Before you are allowed to begin gathering signatures for our petition, you will need to read the following training materials to ensure quality gathering practices. We are not accepting applications for paid petitioners.
Petition Information:
The petition you will soon be able to download is ONLY a volunteer circulator petition.
Only registered Oregon voters may sign.
Following these instructions carefully will ensure that you meet the state of Oregon’s requirements, so your signatures count. Remember, the OCTA petition is a state document and the copy you make from this web page must be exactly like those approved by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office, or the signatures won’t be valid.
State of Oregon Petition Requirements:
The signature sheet must have the cover sheet with the ballot-title box printed upon the same sheet of paper. The signature sheet must be printed out using only a laser printer or an ink jet printer with waterproof ink, set on the best resolution possible, with 20-pound white bond paper measuring 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches (standard office paper), and black ink only. The signature sheet must be printed on the back of the cover sheet.
You must carry a copy of the text of the petition while gathering signatures.
Any signatures gathered on petition sheets that do not meet the Oregon Secretary of State’s specifications will be disqualified!
To print our petitions you must download the three files below from this site using Acrobat software. The petition will load automatically in Acrobat when you click to download the files below. If you can’t download or print these files, please call our office at (503) 235-4606 to have us send you petition forms via the U.S. Postal Service.
This is a 10 Signature Oregon Petition that consists of three files. Once again, the Cover Sheet (03-cover-sheet-template.pdf) must be printed on the back of the Signature Sheet (02-signature-sheet-template.pdf). These two files must be printed on a single double-sided sheet of paper and you must have a copy of the text with you when petitioning.
Available now: Download the text of OCTA 2010
http://cannabistaxact.org/downloads/01-octa2010text-circulator-information.pdf
Available soon: Download the Petition’s Signature Sheet
http://www.cannabistaxact.org/downloads/02-signature-sheet-template.pdf for the front of the Petition.
Available soon: Download Cover Sheet
http://www.cannabistaxact.org/downloads/03-cover-sheet-template.pdf for the back of the Petition.
Please mail your petition(s) back to us as soon as possible. We will turn in our signatures as early as we can. There are 10 signature lines on the petitions, but you do not have to fill the entire sheet unless you so desire.
Mail petitions to:Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Headquarters
5220 North East Sandy Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97213
Last Updated: February 25, 2010
Instructions for Signers
• Only active registered voters of the state of Oregon may sign a petition. Sign your full name, as you did when you registered to vote.
• Please fill in the date on which you signed the petition, your printed name and your residence address in the spaces provided.
• Initial any changes that you or the circulator makes to your printed name, residence address or date on which you signed the petition.
• It is advisable to use a pen for signing petitions.
• It is unlawful to sign any person’s name other than your own. Do not sign another person’s name under any circumstances.
• It is unlawful to sign a petition more than once.
• It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sign a petition when the person is not qualified to sign it.
Instructions for Circulators
• Only active registered voters of the state of Oregon may sign a petition.
• It is advisable to have signers use a pen for signing petitions or for certifying petitions.
• Only one circulator may collect signatures on any one sheet of a petition.
• Each circulator must personally witness all signatures the circulator collects.
• Circulators shall not cause to be circulated a petition knowing it to contain a false signature.
• Circulators shall not knowingly make any false statement to any person who signs it or requests informa-tion about it.
• Circulators shall not attempt to obtain the signature of a person knowing that the person is not qualified to sign it.
• Circulators shall not offer money or anything of value to another person to sign or not sign a petition.
• Circulators shall not sell or offer to sell signature sheets.
• Circulators shall not write, alter, correct, clarify or obscure any information about the signers unless the signer is disabled and request assistance or the signer initials after the changes are made.
• Circulators shall not accept compensation to circulate a petition that is based on the number of signatures obtained.
Warning! Violations of the circulator requirements may result in conviction of a felony with a fine of up to $125,000 and/or prison for up to 5 years.
[The above information is from: http://cannabistaxact.org/downloads/01-octa2010text-circulator-information.pdf]
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