1. The county clerk shall issue a receipt to any person who submits a petition for the verification of signatures pursuant to the election laws of this State, including, without limitation, a petition of candidacy. The receipt must state:
(a) The number of documents submitted;
(b) The number of pages of each document; and
(c) The number of signatures which the person declares are on the petition.
2. If a petition consists of more than one document, all of the documents must be submitted to the county clerk for verification at the same time.
3. The county clerk shall not accept a petition unless each page of the petition is numbered.
4. Each signature on the petition must be signed in ink. The county clerk shall disregard any signature which is not signed in ink.
5. As used in this section, “document” includes material which is separately compiled and bound together and may consist of one or more sheets of paper.