Legislative opponents to current election law that allows a candidate to both gather signatures and go through a party convention to get on the primary ballot have come up with a new line of attack.
HB68 would authorize political parties to require a candidate to choose one or the other, barring a hopeful from taking both paths to the ballot.
HB68 would give political parties the option to retain the current two-pronged nomination system, or choose the new option to force candidates to choose just one path to the primary ballot.
“The intent is to not undermine either of those systems,” said Rep.