|
House Engrossed |
|
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
|
|
HOUSE BILL 2518 |
|
|
|
|
AN ACT
amending Title 16, chapter 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 8.2; relating to optional city and town approval voting.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 16, chapter 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 8.2, to read:
ARTICLE 8.2. OPTIONAL CITY AND TOWN APPROVAL VOTING
16-559. City and town approval voting; requirements
A. Notwithstanding any other statute, a city or town in this state may by ordinance establish and use a system of approval voting in that city's or town's primary or first election. An approval voting system shall provide for the following:
1. The voter in the primary or first election shall be permitted to vote for as many candidates for a single office as the voter chooses to approve.
2. The two candidates who receive the highest and second highest number of votes in the primary or first election shall advance to the general or runoff election for that city or town without regard to whether any one candidate has received a majority of the votes cast for that office.
3. The ballot and all other voting materials shall clearly indicate that the voter may vote for as many candidates in that election as the voter chooses, and that the candidates who receive the two highest number of votes shall advance to the general or runoff election.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this article, city and town approval voting elections shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of this chapter.
16-559.01. Approval voting; charter; ordinance
This article does not require a city or town to adopt an approval voting system, but a city or town may amend its charter if required for that city or town to adopt an ordinance to implement an approval voting system as prescribed by this article.