Petitions; nominations; requirements before signed by voters;

invalidated petitions. A. The following information shall be listed in the appropriate space at the top of a nominating petition before the petition has been signed by a voter: (1) the candidate's name as it appears on the candidate's certificate of registration; (2) the address where the candidate resides; (3) the office sought by the candidate; (4) if the office sought is a districted office or a division within a judicial district or has been assigned a position number for purposes of the election, the district, division or position number of the office sought; (5) if the office sought will be on the general election ballot, the party affiliation of the candidate or that the candidate is unaffiliated with any qualified political party; and (6) if the office sought will be nominated at a political party primary, the party affiliation of voters permitted to sign the petition. B. With or without a showing of fraud or a reasonable opportunity for fraud, a nominating petition page, including all signatures on the petition page, shall be invalid if any of the information required by Subsection A of this section is not listed on the petition before the petition page is signed by a voter or if any of the required information is subsequently changed in any way. History: Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 13.