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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1429
candidates; electronic signatures; limit
Purpose
Allows outlined candidates to collect up to 125 percent of the number of required
nomination petition signatures by using the online signature collection system (online system).
Contains requirements for enactment for initiatives and referendums (Proposition 105).
Background
Statute outlines requirements relating to the nomination of candidates on the official ballot
of a general or special election. A person who wishes to become a candidate at a primary election
for a political party or a candidate at any nonpartisan election must file a nomination paper that
includes a minimum number of required nomination petition signatures. Statute prescribes the
minimum number of signatures that a nomination petition must include as follows: 1) at least one
-fourth of the qualified signers in the state, for the office of U.S. senator or a state office excluding
members of the Legislature; 2) at least one-half of one percent of the qualified signers in the
district, for the office of U.S. Representative; 3) at least one-half of one percent of all the qualified
signers in the district, for the office of Arizona senator or representative; 4) at least one percent of
the qualified signers in the county or district, for a county office or superior court judge; 5) at least
two percent or 10 qualified signatures of the same party in the precinct, for a county precinct
committee; and 6) at least five percent of the qualified signers in the city or town, for a city or
town office. The Secretary of State must provide a system for the qualified signers to sign the
nomination petition for candidates for a congressional office, legislative office, city or town office,
county office and the office of the precinct committeeman through a secure internet portal. The
online system must allow only the qualified electors who are eligible to sign a petition for a
particular candidate to sign the petition and provide a method to verify the elector's identity. A
candidate may collect up to the minimum number of required nomination petition signatures
through the online system (A.R.S. Title 16, Chapter 3).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Increases from, 100 to 125, the percentage of the number of required nomination petition
signatures a candidate may collect using the online system, including a candidate for:
a) U.S. Congress;
b) city office;
c) town office;
d) county office; or
e) precinct committeeman office. FACT SHEET
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2. Increases the number of required nomination petition signatures or contribution qualification
forms that a candidate for legislative or state office may collect using the online system, from
100 percent to 125 percent of the minimum number of required signatures, subject to the
affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the Legislature
(Proposition 105).
3. Makes technical changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 8, 2024
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