Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 14:30:00 GMT -6
PHOENIX — The state’s Libertarian Party is asking a federal judge to void a law that Republican lawmakers effectively admitted was enacted to make it harder to put their candidates on the ballot.
In legal papers filed here, attorney Oliver Hall noted the GOP-controlled Legislature reconfigured Arizona election laws to change the number of signatures required for a candidate to get on the ballot.
On paper, all parties are treated the same: They need the signatures of one-fourth of one percent of eligible voters. That’s down from one-half of one percent.
But lawmakers added a twist by redefining who are the “eligible voters” who can sign the petition.
Read more: tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/libertarians-want-arizona-s-election-signature-law-voided/article_84be85c2-7d83-5458-a416-1543f139ff47.html
In legal papers filed here, attorney Oliver Hall noted the GOP-controlled Legislature reconfigured Arizona election laws to change the number of signatures required for a candidate to get on the ballot.
On paper, all parties are treated the same: They need the signatures of one-fourth of one percent of eligible voters. That’s down from one-half of one percent.
But lawmakers added a twist by redefining who are the “eligible voters” who can sign the petition.
Read more: tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/libertarians-want-arizona-s-election-signature-law-voided/article_84be85c2-7d83-5458-a416-1543f139ff47.html