Bill Text: AZ HB2015 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Presidential preference election date
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred to House ELECT Committee [HB2015 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-HB2015-Introduced.html
PREFILED JAN 06 2015
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REFERENCE TITLE: presidential preference election date |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HB 2015 |
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Introduced by Representative Lovas
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AN ACT
amending section 16-241, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the presidential preference election.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-241, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-241. Presidential preference election; conduct of election
A. A presidential preference election shall be held on the Tuesday immediately following March 15 of same date on which the presidential caucuses are held in Iowa in each year in which the President of the United States is elected. The presidential preference election is intended to give qualified electors the opportunity to express their preference for the presidential candidate of the political party indicated as their preference by the record of their registration. No other election may appear on the same ballot as the presidential preference election. The secretary of state shall determine the date on which the Iowa presidential caucuses are to be held and shall transmit that date to the clerks of the county boards of supervisors at least ninety days before the date of the election. If the announcement of the date of the Iowa presidential caucuses is made less than ninety days before the Iowa presidential caucuses are to be held, the presidential preference election shall be held on the first Tuesday after ninety days after the date of the announcement and the secretary of state shall transmit that date to the clerks of the boards of supervisors.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the governor may shall issue a proclamation that the presidential preference election is to be held on a date later earlier than the date prescribed in subsection A of this section of the Iowa presidential caucuses if the Iowa presidential caucuses are no longer the earliest of the state presidential primaries. The proclamation shall be issued no later than one hundred eighty ninety days before the date of the election as set forth in the proclamation. The governor shall transmit a copy of the election proclamation to the clerks of the county boards of supervisors at least ninety days before the date of the election.
C. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the presidential preference election shall be conducted and canvassed in the same manner as prescribed in this title for the primary election held pursuant to section 16‑201. All provisions of other laws that govern elections and that are not in conflict with this article apply to a presidential preference election, including laws relating to registration and qualifications of electors.
D. Unless otherwise specifically prescribed by this article, the powers and duties conferred by law on boards of supervisors, officers in charge of elections, county recorders, precinct boards and central counting boards in connection with a primary election are conferred on those persons for purposes of a presidential preference election and shall be exercised by them for a presidential preference election.
E. Every act that is an offense pursuant to the election laws of this state is an offense for purposes of a presidential preference election, and a person is subject to the penalties prescribed by those laws.
