Signer has to fill in own name, address, signature and any other information.
It should be clearly stated in statute that a petitioner should have no reason to write in the voter's portion of the petition.
In some states, it is legal (or not expressly illegal) for signature gatherers to fill in information for voters, including the name, address, signature, and county fields. This is absolutely a recipe for fraud, and should be expressly banned. Nebraska has some of the strongest language in this area, stating clearly that the only the voter should fill in those portions of the petition. Still, it is difficult to prosecute based on this because of lax name matching requirements. For example, if there is a signature for Michael Smith on a petition, it is assumed valid if there is a Michael Smith living within the local jurisdiction, regardless of whether the handwriting matches a signature on file. That must also shift, as it results in a short-cut through the process of confirming that the voter has signed the petition himself.
If a petitioner is observed filling out any portion of the petition on the voter's behalf, s/he should be prosecuted for forgery and the full body of work thrown out. In some states, individual signatures are challenged, or a related sample. The strongest penalty for fraudulent signature gathering is invalidating signatures-not just fines.
