IN HB1274

Requires petitions for candidates for U.S. Senator, Governor, and President of the United States to be filed before (rather than with) declarations of candidacy, with petition collection allowed to begin November 29 of the year before the primary election

Mandates double-sided petition pages with petitioner signatures on the front and county voter registration certification on the back, plus a signed affidavit from each petition submitter attesting they have no reason to doubt signature authenticity

Establishes that county voter registration offices must certify petitioners as registered voters and transmit original petitions to the election division by first class mail within 48 hours of certification

Requires the election division to time-stamp, securely store, and maintain access logs for all petitions, and to certify within one day of filing whether candidates have met minimum signature requirements (4,500 signatures statewide including 500 per congressional district)

Creates a contest procedure allowing candidates to challenge denied certifications by filing a sworn statement with the election division, with the election commission making final determinations