Arizona Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Independent Candidates to Use Electronic Signatures

On May 25, the Arizona House passed SB 1460 unanimously. It is an omnibus election law bill. It lets independent candidates use electronic signatures. Existing law only allows candidates running in a primary to use electronic signatures. The bill is now through the legislature.

Unfortunately, it also moves the deadline to file as a declared write-in candidate from September to July, which defeats the whole purpose of having write-in space available on ballots. Write-in candidates, when they have won, have usually been candidates who entered the race late in the season, due to something unexpected having happened.


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Arizona Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Independent Candidates to Use Electronic Signatures — 4 Comments

  1. Really? I thought you were in favor of electronic signatures? Oh well. Never mind.

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