5182-S AMH CHRI OMLI 167

SSB 5182 - H AMD 557

By Representative Christian

ADOPTED 04/11/2023

On page 2, line 20, after "court" insert ". The secretary of state shall establish contingency plans, consistent with this subsection, to support candidate filing for state legislative candidates who have not yet filed their declaration of candidacy in the case that a localized or system-wide internet outage or a disruption to the secretary of state's candidate filing website occurs during the two hours immediately preceding the filing deadline. The secretary of state shall immediately process all filings received pursuant to the contingency plan"

EFFECT: Requires the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish contingency plans to support candidate filing for state legislative candidates who have not yet filed their declaration in situations where a localized or system-wide internet outage or disruption to the online filing website occurs during the two hours immediately preceding the filing deadline. Requires the Secretary to immediately process all filings received in accordance with the contingency plan.

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