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REFERENCE TITLE: precinct committeemen; term of office |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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HB 2477 |
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Introduced by Representative Ugenti-Rita
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AN ACT
amending section 16-822, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to political parties.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-822, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-822. Precinct committeemen; eligibility; vacancy; duties; term
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 that 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, 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, 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 the precinct committeeman was elected.
E. The minimum duties of a precinct committeeman shall be to assist his the precinct committeeman's political party in voter registration and to assist the voters of his that political party to vote on election days. Additional duties shall be as provided for in the state committee bylaws of the precinct committeeman's political party of which he is a member.
F. The term of office of a precinct committeeman begins on the day after the county board of supervisors issues the official canvass for the primary election at which the precinct committeeman was a candidate and continues until the canvass is issued for the following primary election at which a precinct committeeman is elected.