Instructions for Signing Petitions and
Instructions for Circulating Petitions

Each petitioner shall complete the following:

1. Sign the petition
2. Print name for positive identification
3. Complete residence address, street and number, city and zip code
4. County
5. Precinct (see note below)
6. Congressional District (prior to last redistricting). There is enclosed a map which shows what Congressional Districts were in effect at that time. Use this to enter your District or call Petition Assistance at the toll-free number listed above. Note: If you do not know your precinct or Congressional District, MFBF will have someone to fill it in for you once you send it back. This is permissible.

Any person who signs the petition with any name other than his or her true name, knowingly signs more than one petition relating to the same initiative measure, signs the petition when he or she is not a qualified elector (voter) or makes any false statement on the petition may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.


Instructions for Circulating Petitions

Petitions must be printed on legal size paper (8 ½ x 14) of good writing quality and must have a full, true and correct copy of the proposed measure either printed on the reverse side of the petition or attached to the petition. There is a copy available in the current Farm Country magazine and at your County Farm Bureau office or by calling the toll-free number.

Only a person who is a qualified elector (voter) of this state may circulate a petition or obtain signatures on a petition.

It is unlawful for a person to:

a. Give or offer any consideration (bribe, money, etc.) to an elector (voter) to induce the elector (voter) to vote for or against a measure.
b. Give or offer any consideration (bribe, money, etc.) to an elector (voter) to induce the elector (voter) to sign or not sign a petition.
c. Pay or compensate another person for circulating a petition or for obtaining signatures to base the pay or compensation on the number of petitions circulated or the number of signatures obtained.
d. Solicit signatures on a petition 150 feet of any polling place on any election day.
e. Obtain or attempt to obtain a person’s signature (a) by intentionally misleading such person as to the substance or effect of the petition, or (b) by intentionally causing such person to be misled as to the substance or effect of the petition.

You may use proper size blank petitions to sign yourself and to obtain the signature of others. Petitions are already available at your County Farm Bureau office or you may obtain petitions by calling 1-800-227-8244. They are also in the current issue of Farm Country magazine. Signed petitions must be returned to MFBF Petitions, P.O. Box 1972, Jackson, Mississippi 39215 or to your local County Farm Bureau office as soon as completed.

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