This bill amends provisions related to candidate nomination petitions. This bill: - requires an election official to post the name, voter precinct number, and date of signature of a registered voter who signs a candidate nomination petition on the lieutenant governor's website for at least 90 days after the date of an election; - requires an election official to send an email notice to a registered voter described above informing the voter that:the voter's name and voter-related information is posted on the lieutenant governor's website; andthe voter may request to have the voter's signature removed from the candidate nomination petition by submitting a written statement to the election official requesting removal of the signature; - requires an election official to make the website posting described above regardless of whether the voter's voter registration record is classified as a private record; - amends candidate nomination petition forms to include information notifying a voter of the posting and signature removal processes described above; - for a candidate seeking the nomination of a qualified political party to an elective office through signature gathering, shortens the deadline for the candidate to submit signatures to an election official from 14 to 21 days before the day on which the qualified political party holds a convention to nominate a candidate for the same elective office; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Recommended by: Government Operations Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-1-501, 20A-6-301, 20A-6-302, 20A-6-304, 20A-9-403, 20A-9-405, 20A-9-406, 20A-9-408, 20A-9-502, 20A-9-701