PREFILED    DEC 14 2021

REFERENCE TITLE: political party proxies; prohibition

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

HB 2018

Introduced by

Representative Kaiser

AN ACT

amending section 16-828, 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 16-828, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-828. Proxies

A. A political party may choose, through its bylaws, to not allow the use of proxies at its meetings, in which event the following shall be minimum regulations:

1. No proxy shall be given by a member of the state committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the county where the member resides.

2. No proxy shall be given by a member of the county committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the precinct where the member resides.

B. The duration of any proxy so given shall extend only for the length of the meeting for which it is given.

C. Every proxy shall be attested by a notary public or two witnesses. END_STATUTE