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Committee backs bill to limit initiative ballot-title validity to single election cycle
Summary
House Bill 12-21 would require that an attorney general–certified ballot title and the signatures gathered under that title be used only in the election cycle for which they were gathered; sponsors said the change codifies long-standing practice and aims to reduce duplicate and invalid signatures.
House Bill 12-21 passed the committee after a sponsor explanation and member questions about practical effects on sponsors and cosponsors.
Representative David Ray, sponsor, said the bill “clarifies that the ballot title that has been certified by the attorney general and the signatures that are gathered for that ballot title are only valid during the election cycle in which they're gathered.” He explained the intent as preventing sponsors from getting a ballot…
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