1. As part of its review under Article 17 paragraph 1 of this Law, the Office shall review each
signature booklet submitted in support of an application for certification to ensure that the
signatures are valid.

2. In authenticating signatures of support, the Office shall subject each signature booklet
submitted by each applicant to a review as specified by CEC rules.

3. The following types of signatures shall be considered invalid and shall not count towards the
signature requirement:

3.1. signatures of persons who are not registered voters;

3.2. signatures of support for which any required information is missing or illegible;

3.3. signatures that are in the same handwriting as other signatures, including signatures
by the head of the family for other family members; and

3.4. signatures that include information that does not match information recorded in the
most current version of the voters list.