HB 2630 Summary

• Amends campaign finance reporting requirements to accept late reports when submitted, with late penalties stopping upon submittal rather than requiring payment before acceptance.

• Extends the recall petition signature withdrawal deadline from the filing date to ten days before petition submission for verification, and requires filing officers to notify candidates of withdrawn signatures.

• Modifies petition signature verification standards to clarify that failure to use every consecutive line on a signature sheet is not grounds for disqualification and adds requirement to examine voter registration information when determining signer eligibility.

• Changes recall petition circulation requirements to eliminate notarization of circulator affidavits and instead require circulators to register with the secretary of state before circulating petitions.

• Adds attorney fee and cost recovery provision allowing electors who successfully challenge the number of certified recall petition signatures to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs from the county recorder.