Arizona SB 1091 has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and will probably have a hearing on June 15. This is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. The Secretary of State’s amendments propose to ease the out-of-state circulator ban only for independent presidential petitions (the state must make some change, because last year the out-of-state circulator ban was ruled unconstitutional in the 9th circuit).

Under the Secretary of State’s proposal, out-of-state circulators would still be banned if they want to work on independent candidate petitions for office other than president, or if they want to work on petitions to qualify a political party, or to qualify an initiative. It is hoped that people who want the bill expanded will testify that the bill should be amended to legalize out-of-state circulators for all types of petition.