Clarifying Election Fraud Standards and Tightening Ballot Access

Description

This bill requires specific intent for the crime of falsely representing an election official, forces nominees for office to sign a notarized acceptance, and limits candidates to accepting only one nomination per election cycle. It shores up election integrity while preventing gamesmanship with multiple nominations. CPAC supports clear standards for election crimes and responsible candidate qualification rules and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-26 by a vote of 34-6. The bill later became law.