Signing the Initiative (California Voters Only)

 To start the process of signing, secure the following first:

1. A Signee – A California-registered voter who wants to sign. That voter can be yourself.
   
   
2. A Circulator – Anyone age 18 or older living in California. You CAN be your own circulator.
   
   
3. A Printer – Used to print the initiative signing sheet on paper. (Paper size is Letter/standard: 8.5 x 11.)
   
   
4. A Postal Service – Used to mail your signing sheet to the initiative mailbox at 420 N McKinley St., Corona, CA, 92879, Unit #111-307.

After you print the sheet:

• The signee (a person signing) writes their name in the voter box using the same signature they used to registered to vote.
  
• The circulator of the sheet (which could be you) will sign the circulator statement with their respective signature and note a general location. 

If a signee or circulator has a California-issued ID or driver’s license, they can look at the signature there—it’s usually the same as what’s on file.

If a signee or circulator does NOT have a California issued-ID or a California driver's license, and isn't sure what their signature looks like on file, they should just use the signature they use most often. They can also call their county elections office for help finding that info.

(Remember: You're allowed to be your own signee and circulator, don't get confused.)

1. Once you've signed on the voter and circulator spaces, you can mail your signature sheet to the initiative mailbox (420 N McKinley St., Unit #111-307 Corona, CA 92879.) The sooner, the better. A confirmation of your sheet being received can be requested via email and provided within 30 days of request.
   
   
2. If a signee or circulator makes an error with their name, residency, or signature, they MUST rewrite ALL their info on a completely different new printed sheet. Do NOT submit information that is not legible or  ̶s̶c̶r̶a̶t̶c̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶. Otherwise, it will be invalidated.
   
3. If you are printing only for one person via Option 1, you may proceed to printing. You don't have to read anything else. If you are using Option 2, 3 or 4 for gathering more than 1 signature of a voter, read the last step — Step 4.

If you are gathering the signatures of more than one person, Options 2-4 below provide the option to collect up to 3, 5, and 10 signatures, respectively. However, it should be noted that for sheets containing more than one signature, all signatures should be from voters REGISTERED in the same county.

Example of county-mixing and how to avoid issues: 

Chris, who lives in Orange County, CA, with his eight voter-registered family members, uses Option 4 to print a sheet of 10 signatures. Chris has not signed yet, and neither has Layla, his friend who is voter-registered in Los Angeles County. Chris collects Layla's signature and, later, the eight signatures from his family.

If Chris mails his 10 signatures to the initiative mailbox, either Layla's OR him and his nine family members' signatures would be invalidated because the sheet can only be submitted to one county's elections office and cannot be recovered after submission.

If Chris wants to avoid issues with his collected signatures, he should get an Option 1 sheet for Layla (which permits exactly one registered voter and circulator to sign) and an Option 4 sheet, which would be for him, his eight family members, and someone else voter-registered in Orange County to sign.

Layla can act as her own circulator if she wants to on Option 1, but Chris would be the circulator for his Option 4 sheet for Orange County registered folks.