HB 2718 Summary

• Amends section 16-311 of Arizona Revised Statutes to require candidates filing nomination papers to submit an affidavit under penalty of perjury confirming their qualifications for office and residency requirements at the time of filing.

• Adds a new provision allowing any qualified elector to challenge the nomination paper and affidavit of a candidate, including the facts or legal conclusions contained therein, pursuant to section 16-351.

• Makes grammatical changes throughout the statute, replacing "which" with "that" in multiple locations and removing the phrase "to the contrary" from subsection C.

• Clarifies that for presidential and vice-presidential candidates, the national political party committee must submit affidavits signed under penalty of perjury by those candidates to the secretary of state.