Bill Text: AZ HB2289 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Precinct committeemen; write-ins; election
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Referred to House ELECT Committee [HB2289 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-HB2289-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: precinct committeemen; write-ins; election |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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HB 2289 |
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Introduced by Representative Bowers
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AN ACT
amending sections 16-410 and 16-822, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to political party offices.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-410, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-410. Cancellation of certain elections; appointment to office; filling vacancies
A. Notwithstanding any other law: ,
1. In any election that is to be held pursuant to title 15, title or 48 or section 16-822, if the total of the number of persons who file a nomination petition for a candidate and the number of persons who file a nomination paper for a write-in candidate as prescribed by chapter 3, articles 2 and 3 of this title is less than or equal to the number of positions to be filled at the election for which the nomination petition or nomination paper is filed, the county board of supervisors may cancel the election no earlier than seventy‑five days before the election and appoint the person or persons who filed the nomination petition or nomination paper to fill the position for the term of office for which the candidate was nominated by the qualified electors.
2. in any election that is to be held pursuant to section 16-822:
(a) If no person files a nomination paper for a write-in candidate as prescribed by chapter 3, articles 2 and 3 of this title and the total of the number of persons who file a nomination petition for a candidate is less than or equal to the number of positions to be filled at the election for which the nomination petition is filed, the county board of supervisors may cancel the election not earlier than seventy‑five days before the election and appoint the person or persons who filed the nomination petition to fill the position for the term of office for which the candidate was nominated by the qualified electors.
(b) If a person files a nomination paper for a write-in candidate as prescribed by chapter 3, articles 2 and 3 of this title, the county board of supervisors shall not cancel the election.
B. A person who is appointed pursuant to subsection A of this section is fully vested with the powers and duties of the office as if elected to that office.
C. If no nomination petitions for a candidate and no nomination papers for a write-in candidate have been filed to fill the position for which the election was being held, the position is deemed vacant and shall be filled in accordance with laws governing the filling of those vacancies.
D. Canceled elections shall not appear on any ballot, but if a withdrawal or disqualification of one or more candidates results in the cancellation of an election after the ballots have been printed, the results of any vote for that office shall not be canvassed.
Sec. 2. Section 16-822, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-822. Precinct committeemen; eligibility; vacancy; duties
A. Any member of a recognized political party who is a registered voter in the precinct is eligible to seek the office of precinct committeeman of his party in that precinct.
B. If the number of persons who file nominating petitions for an election to fill precinct committeeman positions is less than or equal to the number of precinct committeeman positions and no person files a nomination paper for a write-in candidate pursuant to chapter 3, articles 2 and 3 of this title, the county board of supervisors may cancel the election for those positions not sooner than seventy‑five days before the election and appoint the person who filed the nominating petition to fill the position.� If no person has filed a nominating petition to fill a position, the position is deemed vacant and shall be filled as otherwise provided by law.� A precinct committeeman who is appointed pursuant to this subsection after filing a nominating petition shall be deemed and an elected precinct committeeman.
C. If the number of persons who file nominating petitions for an election to fill precinct committeeman positions is more than the number of precinct committeeman positions for a recognized political party in a precinct or if a person files a nomination paper for a write-in candidate pursuant to chapter 3, articles 2 and 3 of this title, a separate ballot shall be prepared for the election of precinct committeemen for the political party in that precinct.� The ballot shall conform as nearly as practicable to ballot requirements in this title, and to the official ballot prepared for that party in the primary election, but shall be designated as the "official ballot for electing precinct committeemen of the __________ party, primary election (date), __________ precinct, __________ county, state of Arizona."� Only persons who are registered as members of that political party in that precinct may vote that precinct committeeman ballot.� The election board or official shall provide the partisan precinct committeeman ballot to voters who are registered with that party in addition to the official ballot prepared for that party in the primary election.
D. In addition to other provisions of law regarding removal from office, a vacancy shall exist in the office of precinct committeeman when the precinct committeeman moves from the precinct from which elected or changes his political party from the party in which he was elected.
E. The minimum duties of a precinct committeeman shall be to assist his political party in voter registration and to assist the voters of his political party to vote on election days. Additional duties shall be as provided for in the state committee bylaws of the party of which he is a member.
