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    On page 2, line 22, of the House engrossed bill, delete "State Board of Elections" and insert "secretary of state".

    On page 8, after line 7, insert:

"    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:

            (1)    Fifty signatures for a legislative candidate whose district either in whole or in part includes that county;

            (2)    Thirty signatures for a county candidate;

            (3)    Fifteen signatures for county commissioner district candidates;

            (4)    Five signatures for a new party legislative candidate whose district either in whole or in part includes that county;

            (5)    Five signatures for a new party county candidate; or

            (6)    Three signatures for a new party county commissioner district candidate. ".