MT Candidate Eligibility Bill Tabled
Submitted by Phil on Sat, Mar 7, 2009No Comment
Per Ballot-Access.org:
On February 19, the Montana Senate Administration Committee table SB 474, which would have required all presidential candidates to submit a copy of a birth certificate, in order to be on either the primary or general election ballot, or even to qualify as a declared write-in candidate. The bill was by Senator Aubyn Curtiss (R-Fortine).
The status page shows this bill to be “probably dead,” because it was tabled in Committee on February 19.
Montana joins other States that are considering enacting candidate eligibility statutes:
A current listing of State-based initiatives can be found here.
-Phil
