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SB 0264 - Elections/Primaries; qualify for a party's nomination/run for public office; provide certain requirements

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Wiles,John 37th
Last Action: 3/31/2008 - House Committee Favorably Reported
Senate Committee: ETHICS
House Committee: GAff
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

Amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 21. Relating to general provisions regard elections and primaries. If a challenge to a candidate�s qualifications is based upon whether the candidate meets the residency requirements, the burden of proof at the hearing shall be on such candidate to demonstrate that such candidate meets the residency requirements.  If the Secretary of State finds that the challenge was frivolous, without legal or factual basis, or was brought for the purpose of harassment, the Secretary of State may award costs and attorneys� fees.  In hearings to determine a challenge to the qualification of a candidate based upon residency assumptions outlined on page 3 lines 7 through 28 shall apply. No person shall be eligible for party nomination for or election to public office, nor shall he or she perform any official acts or duties if he or she has been subject to incarceration for more than 30 days in a proceeding resulting in a dishonorable or bad conduct military discharge unless such person�s civil rights have been restored and at least ten years have elapsed from the date of the completion of the sentence without a subsequent conviction. 


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