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Sponsors propose decentralizing signature verification for statewide candidate petitions; committee holds bill
Summary
Representative Shepherd proposed House Bill 458 to require petition signature verification to be performed by each county clerk in the county where the signer resides; after extensive public testimony and committee questioning, the committee voted to hold the bill for further work.
Representative Shepherd presented House Bill 458, a proposal to decentralize verification of statewide candidate petition signatures so that each county clerk verifies signatures for voters who reside in that county rather than using a single county to verify all statewide packets.
Under the bill as explained by Representative Shepherd, candidates would prepare county‑specific petition packets; voters could only sign the packet designated for the county where they reside. Packets would be submitted to the appropriate county…
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