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Hearing on candidate filing changes spotlights signature thresholds and verification workload
Summary
Senate Bill 5225 would require candidates in many races to collect a minimum number of petition signatures within filing week and split filing fees between initial filing and the end of filing week.
Senate Bill 5225, discussed Jan. 21 before the Senate Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee, would change candidate filing rules by splitting filing fees and adding a petition-signature requirement for many offices. The bill also clarifies and expands criminal liability for using confusing or deceptive names on ballots.
William Bridges, committee staff, briefed the committee that under the bill candidates would pay half of the filing fee at the time they file a declaration of candidacy and the other half at the close of the filing week, when they must also deliver petition signatures. The proposal sets signature thresholds by office: not less than 500…
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