school board candidates; electronic signatures

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not list a specific effective date for this bill.

HB2372: Electronic Signatures for School Board Candidates

This law requires the Secretary of State to create a secure online system that allows eligible voters to sign nomination petitions electronically for school board, city, county, justice of the peace, constable, and precinct committeeman offices.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Secretary of State to provide a secure internet portal for signing nomination petitions.
• Allows candidates running for school board, city or town office, county office, justice of the peace, constable, and precinct committeeman to collect signatures online.
• Ensures only eligible voters can sign by verifying their identity before accepting the signature.
• Sends the collected electronic filings directly from the Secretary of State to local election officials.
• Permits candidates starting in 2025 to gather up to 110% of the required signatures using this online system.

Who It Names or Affects

• Candidates running for school board, city or town office, county office, justice of the peace, constable, and precinct committeeman.
• Qualified voters who are eligible to sign nomination petitions in Arizona.
• The Secretary of State's office responsible for managing election systems.

Terms To Know

Nomination petition

A document that lists the names of people running for an elected office and requires voter signatures to qualify them for the ballot.

Qualified elector

A registered voter who meets legal requirements, such as age and residency, to vote or sign petitions in a specific election area.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify an effective date for when these changes officially begin.
• Candidates may still choose to collect signatures on paper instead of using the online system.
• The text only covers local offices and precinct committeeman roles, excluding state or federal candidates.

Official Summary Text

HB2372 - school board candidates; electronic signatures

Current Bill Text

HB2372 - 572R - I Ver

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school board candidates; electronic signatures

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2372

Introduced by

Representatives
Travers: Abeytia, Garcia, Gutierrez, Hernandez C, M�rquez, Simacek

AN
ACT

amending section 16-317, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to nominating procedures.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 16-317, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-317.

Secure online signature collection; municipal, county, school
board, justice of the peace, constable; school board and precinct committeeman
offices

A. Notwithstanding any other statute in this title,
the secretary of state shall provide a system for qualified electors to sign a
nomination petition for candidates for city or town office, county office,
school board office,
justice of the peace, constable and the
office of precinct committeeman by way of a secure internet
portal. The system shall allow only those qualified electors who are
eligible to sign a petition for a particular candidate to sign the petition,
shall provide a method for the qualified elector's identity to be properly
verified and shall provide for the secretary of state to transmit those filings
or a facsimile of those filings to the officer in charge of elections for the
appropriate office. �
Through 2024, a candidate may choose to
collect up to the minimum number of required nomination petition signatures by
use of the online signature collection system prescribed by this section.

Beginning in 2025,
A candidate may choose to collect up to
one hundred ten percent of the minimum number of required nomination petition
signatures by
use of

using
the
online signature collection system prescribed by this section.

B. This section applies only to candidates for city
or town elected office, county office,
school board office,

justice of the peace, constable and the office of precinct committeeman.
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