HB0173HS001

Adopted

Amendment to HB0173 — Independent candidate requirements.

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Chamber: House

Stage: Standing Committee

What does this amendment do?

This amendment expands independent candidate requirements to include minor political parties and reduces the petition signature threshold from five percent to three percent of relevant votes cast.

Expands the definition of unaffiliated candidates to include those not registered with major or minor political parties in the petition form. (Page 1, line 3)
Expands the oath requirement to specify candidates are unaffiliated or not registered with major or minor political parties. (Page 2, line 18)
Reduces the signature requirement for statewide partisan office petitions from five percent to three percent of total votes cast for representative in congress in the last general election. (Page 5, line 9)
Reduces the signature requirement for countywide and district partisan office petitions from five percent to three percent of relevant votes cast or registered voters. (Page 5, line 16)

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Standing committee amendments are adopted as part of the committee's overall recommendation vote on the bill, not as a separate roll call. No matching committee vote was found. See all votes on the bill detail page.