On April 12, the Arizona Senate passed HB 2304 unanimously. This is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill, and it contains two ballot access improvement. It legalizes out-of-state circulators for all types of petition, and it says that when a party qualifies for the ballot, it is then on the ballot for the next two elections.

Because unrelated parts of the bill were amended in the Senate, the bill must go back to the House for concurrence in those amendments, so it is not completely through the legislature yet. Assuming it is signed into law, the Green Party will be on the ballot in 2012 with no need for a petition.