HB 2705 — nomination petitions; counties; strict compliance

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(TEXT<<Green OFcarets>> BILLindicate BEGINSa ONsection NEXTadded PAGE)to - i - HB 2705 Be it enacted by the Legislaturebill. of the State of Arizona:

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

Nomination petitions shall be captioned "partisan nomination petition" or "nonpartisan nomination petition", followed by the language of the petition in substantially[substantially] the following form, except that if the candidate does not have an actual residence address, the candidate may use a description of place of residence and post office address, or, if the candidate's actual residence address is protected pursuant to section 16-153, a post office box or private mailbox address in the candidate's political division or district from which the nomination is sought is sufficient:

Partisan Nomination Petition I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the county of ______________, state of Arizona, and of (here name political division or district from which the nomination is sought) AND A COUNTY IN WHICH THE POLITICAL DIVISION OR DISTRICT IS LOCATED and a member of the _______________ party or a person whoHouse isAmendments registered as no party preference or independent as the party preference or who is registered with a political party that is not qualified for representation on the ballot, hereby nominate ___________ who resides at _____________ in the county of ____________ for the party nomination for the office of _______________ to beH.B. voted at the primary election to be held _______________ as representing the principles of such party, and I hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this office and that I have not signed, and will not sign, any nomination petition for more persons than the number of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing election.

2705 who is registered as no party preference or independent as the party preference or who is registered with a political party that is not qualified for representation on the ballot, hereby nominate ___________ who resides at _____________ in the county of ____________ for the party nomination for the office of _______________ to be voted at the primary election to be held _______________ as representing the principles of such party, and I hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this office and that I have not signed, and will not sign, any nomination petition for more persons than the number of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing election.

- 1 - HB 2705 Nonpartisan Nomination Petition I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the county of _______________, state of Arizona, and of (here name political division or district from which the nomination is sought) AND A COUNTY IN WHICH THE POLITICAL DIVISION OR DISTRICT IS LOCATED hereby nominate _______________ who resides at _______________ in the county of _______________ for the office of ______________ to be voted at the _______________ election to be held _______________, and hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this office and that I have not signed and will not sign any nomination petitions for more persons than the number of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing election.

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A PERSON WHO SEEKS AN OFFICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR SEEKING OFFICE.OFFICE.] -2- House Amendments to H.B.

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This article shall not be used to place on the general election ballot the name of a political party that fails to meet the qualifications specified in section 16-802 or 16-804, or the name of any candidate representing such party or the name of a candidate who has filed a nomination petition in the immediately preceding primary election and has - 2 - HB 2705 failed to qualify as the result of an insufficient number of valid signatures.

The nomination petition shall be in substantially[substantially] the following form, except that if the candidate does not have an actual residence address, the candidate may use a description of place of residence and post office address, or, if the candidate's actual residence address is protected pursuant to section 16-153, a post office box or private mailbox address in the candidate's district, precinct or municipality, as applicable for a district, precinct or municipal office, is sufficient:

I-3- herebyHouse declareAmendments that I have not signed the nomination petitions of any candidate for the office to beH.B. voted for at this primary election, and I do hereby select the following designation under which name the said candidate shall be placed on the official ballot (here insert such designation not exceeding three words in length as the signers may select).

2705 I hereby declare that I have not signed the nomination petitions of any candidate for the office to be voted for at this primary election, and I do hereby select the following designation under which name the said candidate shall be placed on the official ballot (here insert such designation not exceeding three words in length as the signers may select).

The nomination petition shall conform as nearly as possible to the provisions relating to nomination petitions of candidates to be voted for at primary elections and shall be signed by at least the number of persons who are registered to vote determined by calculating three percent of the persons who are registered to vote of the state, county, subdivision or district for which the candidate is nominated who are not members of a political party that is qualified to be represented by an - 3 - HB 2705 official party ballot at the next ensuing primary election and accorded representation on the general election ballot.

The petition shall be signed only by qualified electors who have not signed the nomination petitions of a candidate-4- forHouse theAmendments office of presidential elector to beH.B. voted for at that election.

2705 candidate for the office of presidential elector to be voted for at that election.

Not later than the date of the first petition signature on a nomination petition, a person who may be a candidate for office pursuant to this section shall file a statement of interest with the appropriate - 4 - HB 2705 filing officer for that office.

Not later than sixty days before the date of the general election, a candidate for governor who files a nomination petition pursuant to this section shall submit to the secretary of state the name of the person who will be the joint candidate for lieutenant governor with that-5- gubernatorialHouse candidateAmendments andto whoseH.B. name will appear on the general election ballot jointly with the candidate for governor.

2705 that gubernatorial candidate and whose name will appear on the general election ballot jointly with the candidate for governor.

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