This bill modifies requirements for petitions. This bill: - amends and standardizes the circulator verification sheet language; - clarifies how an individual may be paid for collecting petition signatures; - requires an election official who verifies signatures for a petition to send an email and text message notice to the signer of the petition notifying the signer of the status of the signer's signature; - requires the lieutenant governor to develop and maintain an online training course to educate individuals who collect signatures for a petition; - requires an individual who collects signatures for a petition to complete the training course described above before collecting any signatures for the petition; - requires an election official to reject a petition packet if the individual who collects signatures for the petition did not complete the online training course described above; - modifies requirements related to initiative and referendum packets by:requiring a county clerk who verifies signatures for an initiative or a referendum to certify certain statistical information to the lieutenant governor; anddirecting the county clerk to retain and preserve each initiative or referendum packet for at least 22 months; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Recommended by: Government Operations Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-1-1001, 20A-1-1002, 20A-7-104, 20A-7-105, 20A-7-203, 20A-7-303, 20A-7-503, 20A-7-603, 20A-8-103, 20A-9-405, 20A-9-502, 20A-21-201