HB 2364 Summary

• Extends the deadline for canceling elections from 75 days to 105 days before election day when insufficient candidates file for available positions.

• Modifies nomination paper filing requirements by exempting candidates for school districts, community college districts, and career technical education districts from filing statements of interest.

• Changes election observer requirements for ballot tabulating equipment tests to include at least one representative from each of the two largest political parties based on statewide voter registration totals, replacing previous requirement for two inspectors from different parties.

• Establishes requirements for bipartisan election board worker observation and signature when sealing ballot containers, with different standards for counties based on population size (four workers for counties over 1 million, two workers for smaller counties).

• Modifies new political party ballot eligibility petition requirements to include verification procedures similar to section 16-803, requiring examination of a 20 percent random sample of signatures and projection of total valid signatures.