Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes senators who have served for at least eight consecutive years and representatives who have served for at least 10 consecutive years to use signatures of registered voters outside of such senator's or representative's district for purposes of completing a nominating petition. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Summary

The bill permits state senators with at least eight consecutive years of service and state representatives with at least ten consecutive years to collect signatures from registered voters who live in the same county but outside their legislative district for nominating petitions. This widens the pool of eligible signers for long‑serving incumbents. The change is intended to simplify ballot access for those lawmakers.

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