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HB 1338 - Amends the Petition Process to be a Candidate by Increasing the Number of Signatures Required - Arkansas Key Vote

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Title: Amends the Petition Process to be a Candidate by Increasing the Number of Signatures Required

Signed by Governor Asa Hutchinson


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Title: Amends the Petition Process to be a Candidate by Increasing the Number of Signatures Required

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends the petition process to be a candidate by increasing the number of signatures required.

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  • Establishes that a political group desiring to have the names of its candidates for President and Vice President printed on the ballot is to file a petition with the Secretary of State by noon on the first Monday of August of the year of the election (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that the petition is to contain at the time of filing the names of 5,000 qualified electors of the state declaring their desire to have printed on the ballot the names of their candidate for President and Vice President and the Secretary of State is to verify the sufficiency of the petition within 10 days from the filing of the petition (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that if the petition is determined to be insufficient, the Secretary of State is to notify in writing the political group through its designated agent and is to set forth his or her reasons for such finding (Sec. 1).

  • Establishes that persons desiring to have their names printed on the ballot as independent candidates for President and Vice President are to file a petition with the Secretary of State by noon on the first Monday of August of the year of the election (Sec. 2).

  • Specifies that the petition is to contain at the time of filing the names of 5,000 qualified electors of the state declaring their desire to have printed on the ballot the names of the persons desiring their names to be printed on the ballot as independent candidates for President and Vice President (Sec. 2).

  • Establishes that the Secretary of State is to verify the sufficiency of the petition within 10 days from the filing of the petition and if the petition is determined to be insufficient, the Secretary of State is to notify in writing the persons desiring to have their names printed on the ballot as independent candidates for President and Vice President at the address or telephone number submitted with the petition and is to set forth his or her reasons for so finding (Sec. 2).

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Title: Amends the Petition Process to be a Candidate by Increasing the Number of Signatures Required

Title: Amends the Petition Process to be a Candidate by Increasing the Number of Signatures Required

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