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Committee holds HB 167 after privacy, technology and timing concerns
Summary
Rep. Kohler’s HB 167 would publish petition signers’ names five days after certification for 90 days and add removal and fraud-referral steps; county clerks opposed the measure citing technical limits and at-risk-voter concerns, and the committee voted 5–2 to hold the bill.
Representative Kohler described House Bill 167 as a targeted reform to reduce ambiguity in petition and candidate nomination signature records. The bill would post a signer’s name on the lieutenant governor’s website five days after a signature is certified and keep the name posted for 90 days; it would also create a process for signers to request…
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