|
REFERENCE TITLE: political parties; precinct committeemen; organization |
|
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
|
|
HB 2768 |
|
|
|
Introduced by Representatives Sandoval: Aguilar
|
An Act
amending section 16-821, 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 16-821, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-821. County committee; vacancy in office of precinct committeeman; notice
A. At the primary election the members of a political party who are entitled to representation pursuant to section 16-804 residing and who reside in each precinct shall choose one of their number as a county precinct committeeman, and the members shall choose one additional precinct committeeman for each one hundred twenty-five voters or major fraction thereof who are registered in the party in the precinct as reported pursuant to section 16-168, subsection G on January 2 of the year in which the general election is held. The whole number of precinct committeemen of a political party shall constitute the county committee of the party.
B. The board of supervisors upon on the recommendation of the county chairman, or the recommendation of a committee designated in the bylaws of the county committee for that purpose, shall determine when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman. If a vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of supervisors from a list of names submitted by the county chairman of the appropriate political party. Only a precinct committeeman who is elected at the primary election prior to before the date of a state or county committee organizing meeting shall be permitted allowed to vote at such that meeting. The criteria used to establish when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman shall be as established in section 38-291.
C. On completion of the primary election canvass, the county recorder shall provide to the current county chairperson of each political party that is entitled to continued representation PURSUANT to section 16-804 written notice of the number of elected precinct committeemen in the county for that political party for the purposes of making the CALCULATION prescribed by section 16-825. The county recorder shall provide this written notice in advance of the organizing meeting of the legislative district committee of that political party that is held pursuant to SECTION 16-823, subsection C. On receipt of the county recorder's notice, the current county chairperson shall provide that notice to the chairperson of the legislative district committee of that political party.