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Koppelman bill revises party endorsement certification; committee action and later do-not-pass on HB1424
Summary
Representative Ben Koppelman presented amendments to a bill (HB1424) that would change how party endorsement certificates are issued and reviewed, creating an inquiry committee process within state party organizations. The committee adopted the amendments but later recommended do not pass on the bill.
Representative Ben Koppelman, sponsor of House Bill 1424, told the Government and Veterans Affairs Committee that his amendments shift initial responsibility for reviewing endorsement challenges from state agencies to the political parties themselves.
Koppelman described an approach where a district chairman would sign a certificate of endorsement and forward it to the state committee; the state committee then would have at least seven days to wait and, if a protest was filed, investigate via an “inquiry committee” and either resolve or return the certificate to the district with instructions to…
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