BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 6185: Candidate nominations

Allowing nomination of major party candidates by convention.

Summary

Declares that, unless each major political party submits a request to the secretary of state by June 1st that asks for the party's nominees to be nominated at the primary election, binds the party to the results of a blanket primary, and waives the party's First Amendment rights of association for that election cycle, the primary will not be held and all candidates will advance to the general election based upon…

From the Bill Digest (SB 6185), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to nomination of partisan candidates;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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