CONCEPT DRAFT

SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to establish a nonpartisan legislature by prohibiting a candidate for the Legislature from running as a member of a political party or having a party affiliation listed on the ballot. Primaries would still be held and the 2 candidates with the highest vote totals from each Senate or House district would run against each other in the general election.

The prohibition would be phased in over an 8-year period by applying it to candidates for the 123rd through 126th Legislatures who are not members of the 122nd Legislature.