P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Bolin
P Curd
P Heinert
E Langer
P Maher
P Novstrup
E Sutton
P Netherton, Vice-Chair
P Ewing, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Bob Ewing, Chair.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01, 2017, 10:00 AM
Moved by: Curd
Second by: Bolin
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01, 2017, 3:00 PM
Moved by: Curd
Second by: Bolin
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1073: revise and repeal certain provisions regarding gifts from registered lobbyists to
public officials.
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" Section 10. That Section 3 of the enrolled version of HB 1037 as previously enacted by the
Ninety-Second Session Legislative Assembly, 2017, be amended to read:
Section 3. That § 12-6-7 be amended to read:
12-6-7. A nominating petition may be composed of several sheets, each sheet shall have identical
headings printed at the top. A nominating petition for any election and shall be a self-contained sheet
of paper. The petition for party office or political public office shall be signed by not less than one
percent of the voters who voted for that party's gubernatorial candidate at the last gubernatorial
election in the county, part of the county, district, or state electing a candidate to fill the office. If a
county uses vote centers and does not print ballots by precinct, signature requirements for both
partisan and independent candidates are:
" Section 10. That Section 7 of the enrolled version of HB 1037 as previously enacted by the
Ninety-Second Session Legislative Assembly, 2017, be amended to read:
12-7-1. Any candidate for nonjudicial public office, except as provided in § 12-7-7 or office in
the State Legislature, county political public office, and county party office as provided in section
9 of this Act, who is not nominated by a primary election may be nominated by filing a certificate
of nomination with the secretary of state or county auditor as prescribed by § 12-6-4, after December
thirty-first and by the last Tuesday of April at 5:00 p.m. local time before the election. A certificate
of nomination shall be executed as provided in chapter 12-6. If the certificate of nomination is
mailed by registered mail by the last Tuesday of April at 5:00 p.m. local time before the election, it
is timely submitted. The certificate of nomination shall be signed by registered voters within the
district or political subdivision in and for which the officers are to be elected. The number of
signatures required may not be less than one percent of the total combined vote cast for Governor
at the last certified gubernatorial election within the district or political subdivision. The State Board
of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the forms for the certificate
of nomination. ".
Moved by: Curd
Second by: Maher
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1034 AS AMENDED
Moved by: Maher
Second by: Curd
Action: Was not acted on.
MOTION: SUBSTITUTE MOTION AMEND HB 1034
" Section 7. That § 2-1-16 be amended to read:
2-1-16. The secretary of state shall verify the signatures pursuant to § 2-1-15 by random
sampling. The random sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn so that every each signature
received by the secretary of state shall be is given an equal opportunity to be included in the sample.
The secretary of state shall calculate the number of valid signatures by multiplying the total number
of signatures received by the percentage of successfully verified signatures from the random sample.
The secretary of state shall, by rules promulgated promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26,
establish establishing the methodology for conducting the random sample. The random sampling
shall be an examination of five percent of the signatures received consisting of a number of
signatures that is statistically correlative to not less than ninety-five percent level of confidence with
a margin of error equal to not more than three and sixty-two one-hundredths percent.
Section 8. That § 12-1-36 be amended to read:
12-1-36. The secretary of state shall verify the signatures received pursuant to § 12-1-35 by
random sampling. The random sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn so that each
signature received by the secretary of state is given an equal opportunity to be included in the
sample. The secretary of state shall calculate the number of valid signatures by multiplying the total
number of signatures received by the percentage of successfully verified signatures from the random
sample. The secretary of state shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, establishing the
methodology for conducting the random sample. The random sampling shall be an examination of
five percent of the signatures received consisting of a number of signatures that is statistically
correlative to not less than ninety-five percent level of confidence with a margin of error equal to not
more than three and sixty-two one-hundredths percent. ".
Glenda Woodburn