Bills Pending in State Legislatures

Regarding Eligibility for the Presidency

(as of April 25, 2010)

STATE BILL SESSION DESCRIPTION

AZ HB2441 2010 Provides a procedure for determining a presidential candidate’s eligibility for office.
The national political party committee for a candidate for president for a party that is
entitled to continued representation on the ballot shall provide to the secretary of
state written notice of that political party's nomination of its candidates for president
and vice‑president. Within ten days after submittal of the names of the candidates,
the national political party committee shall submit an affidavit of the presidential
candidate in which the presidential candidate states that the candidate’s citizenship
and age and shall append to the affidavit documents that prove that the candidate
meets the residency requirements for President of the United States as prescribed in
Article II, Section 1, Constitution of the United States.

FL HR1503 2009 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal
campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include
with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth
certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish
that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President
under the Constitution.

GA SB33 2009 A person who has not filed all of the campaign contribution disclosure reports
required by Code Section 21-5-34 or financial disclosure reports required by Code
Section 21-5-50 shall not be eligible to qualify as a candidate for any elective public
office in this state until such reports are filed with and accepted by the appropriate
filing officer for such reports.
HB1516 2010 A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Presidential Preference Primary,
so as to provide for establishment of the qualifications of candidates for President; to
provide for affidavits and supporting documentation; to provide for related matters;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

IN SB82 2010 Authorizes a challenge to a candidate's eligibility to seek an office to be filed by a

registered voter of the jurisdiction conducting the election (rather than a registered
Effective voter of the election district the candidate seeks to represent). Requires a member of
7/1/2010 the election commission or a county or town election board who knows or learns of
any facts that question a candidate's eligibility to: (1) file a challenge; and (2) appoint
a proxy to participate in the commission's or election board's consideration of the
challenge.

NH HB1245 2010 AN ACT requiring certified copies of birth certificates for nominees for president
and vice-president.
The names of the candidates shall not appear on the ballot unless the secretary of
state has received certified copies of the birth certificates of the candidates.

SC 3389 2009 To amend the code of laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 7-13-315 so
as to prohibit the name of a candidate for President or Vice President of the United
States be printed on a ballot in South Carolina unless there is shown conclusive proof
that the candidate is a natural born Citizen of the United States.

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