Colleagues,  
 
I will soon be introducing legislation to require that circulators of nomination petitions be residents of the political district for which the nomination petition is being circulated. The purpose of the petition process is to demonstrate support from within the community in which a candidate will be running; the practice of bringing in circulators from outside of a district undermines that purpose entirely. By requiring members of the same community to serve as circulators, we can realign the petition process with its intended goal. Please join me in sponsoring this reform.