An attorney for the Arizona Independent Party said he has served state officials with a notice of claim alleging signature requirements for politically independent candidates are illegal.
Attorney Anthony Ramirez says, in 2024, candidates without party affiliation had to gather about 43,000 signatures to get on the ballot for statewide office, while Republicans for example, only needed to gather 7,000
"Arizona imposes extreme signature requirements on independent candidates, six to eight times more than a major party candidate or a party candidate," Ramirez said.
The filing comes in the middle of a legal fight over the Arizona Independent Party’s name, as the Citizens Clean Election Commission claims it will confuse would-be voters who wish to register without any party affiliation.
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