Whenever any initiative or referendum petition has been filed with the secretary of state, he shall
forthwith separate the part-petitions by counties and transmit such part-petitions to the boards of
elections in the respective counties. The several boards shall proceed at once to ascertain whether
each part-petition is properly verified, and whether the names on each part-petition are on the
registration lists of such county, or whether the persons whose names appear on each part-petition
are eligible to vote in such county, and to determine any repetition or duplication of signatures, the
number of illegal signatures, and the omission of any necessary details required by law. The boards
shall make note opposite such signatures and submit a report to the secretary of state indicating the
sufficiency or insufficiency of such signatures and indicating whether or not each part-petition is
properly verified, eliminating, for the purpose of such report, all signatures on any part-petition that
are not properly verified.
In determining the sufficiency of such a petition, only the signatures of those persons shall be
counted who are electors at the time the boards examine the petition.
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