Governor Doug Ducey signed HB2404 into law on Friday, which will make participation in the democratic process harder. The legislation, sponsored by Representative Leach, prohibits the payment of petition circulators per signature.
On the flip side, the bill does modify the number of days from five calendar days to ten business days within which a challenge to the registration of circulators can occur.
Leach called the bill a “commonsense reform” that would keeps the “initiative process intact as a legislative tool for Arizonans yet ensures much needed integrity in the system by removing the incentive for fraud.”
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