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2012 SESSION
SB 613 Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Candidate petitions in primaries and general elections. Provides that candidate petitions in primaries and general elections must be witnessed by a legal resident of the Commonwealth who attests that he is not a minor or a felon whose voting rights have not been restored. Current law requires that the petition witness must be eligible to vote for the office for which the petition is being circulated. The bill also provides that presidential candidates are eligible to witness their own petitions. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill is identical to HB 1133.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections. Replaces the requirement that petition circulators be qualified to vote for or to register to vote for the office for which the petition is being circulated with the requirement that the circulator be age 18 or older.