State ex rel. Evergreen Co. v. Board of Elections of Franklin County

R. C. 731.31 provides, in part, that: “Each part of * * * [a referendum] petition shall contain the *31affidavit of the person soliciting the signatures thereto, which affidavits shall state the number of signers of each sueh part and that to the best of his knowledge and belief each of the signatures contained on such part is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be, that he believes such persons are electors of the municipal corporation, and that they signed such petition with knowledge of the contents thereof.

“An affidavit is a written declaration under oath * * R. C.…