HB268 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2014

Session

3

Summary

Primary Sponsor: David Standridge Representative
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Kurt Wallace Mike Hubbard
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Elections, independent candidate and political parties, ballot access, filing fee, Secs. 17-6-22, 17-9-3 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, in order to gain ballot access, an independent political party or an independent candidate for an office is required to file a written petition signed by at least three percent of the qualified electors who cast ballots for the Office of Governor in the last general election by the date of the first primary election.
This bill would alter the timeframe in which an independent political party may submit signatures in order for a candidate for office to gain ballot access.
This bill would also require an independent candidate to pay a processing fee at the time of submission of the petition for ballot access.
Subjects: Elections

Pending third reading on day 12 Favorable from Constitution, Campaigns and Elections with 1 substitute

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections