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Committee amends Senate Bill 222 to lengthen nomination-paper timeline
Summary
The Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 222 that changes a deadline in the nomination-paper timeline from 12 weeks to 15 weeks for the supervisor of the checklist to receive nomination materials; the bill was recommended ought-to-pass and sent out of committee.
The Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee on Monday adopted a committee amendment to Senate Bill 222 that changes one deadline in the nomination-paper timeline from 12 weeks to 15 weeks.
The amendment, identified in committee paperwork as 1058s, replaces the figure “12” on line 11 of the bill with “15” and was approved by voice vote. The committee then returned the bill as amended and recommended it ought to pass.
Committee discussion focused on sequencing: nomination papers and objections are to be submitted by a statutory cutoff before the general election; the supervisor of the checklist reviews the papers during a three-week period and then transmits materials to the Secretary of State under the sequence described in the amended language. Committee members moved the amendment, voted on the change from 12 to 15 weeks and then moved the bill as amended off the committee.
The amendment and committee action do not change which office conducts reviews; they change the timing that governs when the supervisor of the checklist must receive and process nomination paperwork before transmission to the Secretary of State.
The committee recorded the change by voice vote and sent the bill out of committee with consent.
