Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §335, sub-§7, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

A. The circulator of a primary petition shall verify by oath or affirmation before a notary public or other person authorized by law to administer oaths or affirmations that all of the signatures to the petition were made in his the circulator's presence and that to the best of his the circulator's knowledge and belief each signature is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be; each signature authorized under section 153-A was made by the authorized signer in the presence and at the direction of the voter; and each person is enrolled in the party named in the petition and is a resident of the electoral division named in the petition.

Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §354, sub-§7, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

A. The circulator of a nomination petition shall verify by oath or affirmation before a notary public or other person authorized by law to administer oaths or affirmations that all of the signatures to the petition were made in his the circulator's presence and that to the best of his the circulator's knowledge and belief each signature is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be; each signature authorized under section 153-A was made by the authorized signer in the presence and at the direction of the voter; and each person is a resident of the electoral division named in the petition.