What the City Charter Requires
Before you sign
Recall petitions in Texas can't legally be signed through a
website. The signature has to be your own, given in person, on the petition
itself.
What's required of you as a signer:
- Yourself, in person (signatures can't be collected online or by proxy)
- You must be a qualified voter of the City of Conroe, living within city limits
- Your signature, in your own hand, in ink, on the petition itself
- Your current residence address, and the date you sign
That's it for you personally — you don't need a notary present, and you're not the one swearing anything. Per Charter Art. VI § 6.03, it's whoever collects a signature sheet who takes an oath vouching for it, after watching every name on that sheet get signed in person:
“I, ____________, being first duly sworn, on oath depose and say that I am one of the signers of the above petition; and that the statements made therein are true, and that each signature appearing thereto was made in my presence on the day and date it purports to have been made, and I solemnly swear that the same is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.”
City of Conroe Home Rule Charter, Art. VI § 6.03.
In practice: whoever is holding the clipboard signs that oath once per sheet, in front of a notary, after everyone on it has signed. If you're circulating sheets rather than just signing one, that's the part that needs a notary — sign up to help if you're a notary and can support that.
Per the city charter, as amended by Proposition L (approved by Conroe voters November 4, 2025), the petition needs signatures from qualified voters equal to at least 15% of the number of qualified voters registered to vote at the last general city election. Based on 66,708 certified voters, that's roughly 10,007 signatures at minimum. We're aiming for 12,000–12,500 to build in a safety margin.