REFERENCE TITLE: municipal elections; county administration

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014

SB 1435

Introduced by Senator Gallardo

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 9-821, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to cities and towns.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 9-821, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE9-821.  Law governing municipal elections; county administration

A.  The manner of conducting and voting at elections of a city or town, of keeping the poll lists, counting and canvassing the votes, certifying the returns, declaring the results and notifying the persons elected, contesting the election, and all acts relating to the election, shall conform to the provisions of law relating to the general election of county officers as nearly as possible, except that the returns shall be made to the clerk of the city or town, and the governing body of the city or town shall canvass the returns, declare the result and issue the certificates of the election.

B.  Notwithstanding any other law, a city or town shall contract with the county officer in charge of elections to conduct and administer all elections for the city or town, unless the city or town conducts the ELECTION as a mail ballot election as prescribed in section 16-409.END_STATUTE