Friday, March 03, 2006

How to remove your signature from stem cell/cloning petition

From the St. Louis Review:
If you mistakenly signed the ballot initiative petition that seeks to protect human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research in Missouri, there is a way to get your name off the list of signatures.

The Missouri Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops, has made available a form for those seeking to remove their names from the petition that would place the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative on the Nov. 7 ballot.

"We have had phone calls from people who have signed the petition because they were told that the initiative would ban human cloning or not destroy human life," said Deacon Larry Weber, executive director of the conference. "Many people who signed the petition are upset because they feel they were misled and want to have their name removed from the petition."

Those who wish to have their names removed should submit a sworn statement to the Missouri Secretary of State’s office asking that the signature be withdrawn from the petition.
Requests should be submitted in writing to:
Robin Carnahan,Secretary of State of Missouri
Missouri State Capitol, Room 208,
PO Box 778
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0778.

The request must contain the name of the petition (Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative), the name the voter used when signing the petition, the address of the voter and his or her county of residence.

The request also must be notarized by a notary public and be received by the secretary of state before initiative proponents file the signed petitions with the secretary of state. The signed petitions can be submitted as soon as the required amount of signatures has been collected.

A sample request form is available at the Missouri Catholic Conference’s Web site, www.mocatholic.org or by calling (573) 635-7239.
As of 9:15am, the form was not yet available from the website although a representative there indicated that it would be posted this morning. It will be a .PDF file...

*** UPDATED ***

The PDF file is now available at http://www.mocatholic.org/StemCell-Cloning/SampleSignatureRemovalLetter.pdf

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