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Committee advances signature-gathering bill after elections office warns of chain-of-custody risks
Summary
Lawmakers favorably recommended a bill that would allow circulators to separate petition packets if signers have the 'opportunity to read' the text; the Lieutenant Governor's elections office warned that disassembling packets risks breaking chain-of-custody and clerk acceptance and urged training and safeguards.
The committee recommended favorably a draft bill that would permit petition circulators to 'debind' signature packets so long as the circulator can witness signers and attest they had the opportunity to read the text. The bill also alters affidavit language to state signers had the "opportunity to read."
Chris Williams outlined the changes…
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