ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

HB 2840: precinct committeemen; 2022 election cycle

Sponsor: Representative Bowers (with permission of committee on Rules), LD 25

Committee on Government & Elections

Overview

Repeals session law relating to the 2022 election for political party precinct committeemen.

History

Laws 2022, Chapter 3, § 4 prescribes, as session law, the process for the 2022 election for political party precinct committeemen. Candidates are required to submit to their county political party committee (Committee) a nomination paper or other similar written statement of candidacy no later than April 18, 2022 and are not required to submit a nomination petition or file other documents with a filing officer. The Committee must then verify the potential candidate's eligibility based on the April 1 voter registration totals prescribed in statute. No later than May 2, 2022, the Committee is required to submit to the county board of supervisors (BOS) one precinct committeeman candidate's name for each election precinct in the county for appointment. The Committee is the sole determiner of the single political party precinct committeeman candidate whose name is submitted. The BOS is directed to appoint the political party precinct committeemen from the submitted names and those appointed for the 2022 term of office are deemed elected precinct committeemen for all purposes.

For any vacancies in the office of precinct committeeman that occur during the 2022 term of office, the Committee must appoint eligible people to fill the vacancies and maintain a current roster of precinct committeemen for the remainder of the 2022 term, and no further action regarding vacancies is required by the BOS.

Provisions

1. Repeals session law relating to the 2022 election cycle and the process for the election of political party precinct committeemen. (Sec. 1)

2. Contains an emergency clause. (Sec. 2)

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