[Michlib-l] Petition Policy

[Bob Frei]

Petitions left unattended at the library to be signed cannot be valid
petitions.  If they are legal petitions (such as nominating, recall, etc.)
not just opinion petitions, then they cannot just LEAVE them.  The person
circulating the petition must be a direct witness of each signature on the
petition.  If someone opposed to the petition sees it lying there and signs
it, he can then challenge the validity of the entire petition because he can
sign an affidavit that his signature was not witnessed.  That invalidates
that entire sheet, and could invalidate all petitions circulated by the
person who then claimed to have witnessed all those signatures.  The
circulator could also be prosecuted for fraud for signing at the bottom as
circulator the certification that he/she witnessed each and every signature.
It is in the best interest of petition circulators that you NOT allow them
to be left at the library.  
 
I do think it would be good to have a policy regarding the collecting of
signatures at the library  - either allowing circulators to set up a table
and signs, or banning them, or something in between.
 
Bob Frei


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[mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mail.mcls.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Bissonnette
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 2:10 PM
To: 'michlib-l at mail.mcls.org'
Subject: [Michlib-l] Petition Policy



Good afternoon,

 

I'm looking for examples of petition policies for public libraries.  I'm
finding a lot of examples from libraries out of state that basically say
they do not allow petitions.  I'm curious if there are libraries around that
allow petitions to be left in the library?  If so, what types of petitions
are allowed?  

 

Thanks so much.


Sheila

 

 

 

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