Bill > HB2845

This bill establishes a new process for verifying candidate petition signatures in Arizona, requiring filing officers to select a random 5% sample of signatures for verification by county recorders. The random sample must be drawn so that every signature has an equal chance of being selected, with specific rules for how signatures are chosen if a selected line is blank or already in the sample. County recorders are then required to review these sampled signatures within 15 days and disqualify signatures for various reasons, including missing or illegible information, signatures from unqualified voters, duplicate signatures, or signatures from petitions circulated by certain election officials like justices of the peace or county recorders. The county recorder must then certify to the filing officer the names and locations of disqualified signatures, the total number of sampled signatures, and the number of disqualified signatures. The bill aims to enhance the integrity of candidate petition verification by introducing a standardized, randomized sampling method and providing clear criteria for signature disqualification.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83320