2025 bills / H.B. 457
H.B. 457 Signature Verification Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill would require election officers to post the names and related voter information of registered voters who sign a candidate nomination petition by hand on the lieutenant governor's website for at least 90 days. It would also email those voters, where a valid address is on file, to tell them about the posting and how to ask in writing to have their signature removed from the petition.
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Official description
- for a registered voter who manually signs a petition to nominate a candidate for elective office, requires the election officer to post the voter's name and other voter-related information on the lieutenant governor's website for at least 90 days
- if a voter's information in the voter registration database contains a valid email address, requires an election officer to send an email to the voter notifying the voter that:
- the voter's name and other voter-related information is posted on the website described above
- the voter may request to have the voter's signature removed from the petition by submitting a written statement to the election officer
- amends the information appearing on a nomination petition form to notify a voter of the posting and signature removal process described above
- implements the posting and signature removal processes in relation to a candidate for elective office who is not affiliated with a political party
- establishes and amends deadlines relating to signature submission, verification, and candidate certification
- makes technical and conforming changes
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