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Senate committee removes signature requirement in candidate-filing bill substitute
Summary
The Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee adopted a proposed substitute to Senate Bill 5225 that removes provisions on filing fees and signature petitions for certain candidates and kept name-similarity rules; the bill passed the committee subject to signatures.
The Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee on Feb. 11 adopted a proposed substitute to Senate Bill 5225 that removes provisions on filing fees and candidate signature petitions for certain offices while leaving rules for candidates with similar names.
Committee staff described the substitute as striking the provisions relating to filing fees and signature petitions for candidates for the Washington State…
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