HF 2288: Relating to nominations of certain persons for political office, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill relates to the conduct of elections. The bill prohibits a person who files an affidavit of candidacy to be a partisan candidate for an office in an election from filing an affidavit of candidacy to be a candidate for a nonparty political organization or to be nominated by petition for the same office in the same election. The bill changes the filing deadline for nominations for nonpartisan offices which are required to be filed in the office of the county commissioner of elections from not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 74th day before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year to not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 69th day before the date of the general election. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

In plain words

1. February 7, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee