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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session

VETOED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1011

municipalities; partisan elections

Purpose

Allows candidate elections for a city or town held on or after January 1, 2024, to indicate a candidate's political party registration on the ballot.

Background

A city or town may not hold an election in which there is an indication of the source of the candidacy or the candidate's political party on the ballot (A.R.S. § 9-821.01). The names of the candidates on a partisan ballot must be printed in the following order: 1) presidential electors;
2) United States senator; 3) Representatives in Congress; 4) statewide offices; and 5) county and precinct offices (A.R.S. § 16-502).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1. Allows candidate elections for a city or town held on or after January 1, 2024, to indicate a candidate's political party registration on the ballot.

2. Adds municipal offices for municipalities holding partisan elections to the order of candidate races on a ballot.

3. Makes technical changes.

4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Governor's Veto Message

The Governor indicates in her veto message that while S.B. 1011 does not mandate municipalities to hold partisan elections, Arizona's communities are not asking for their local elections to be partisan affairs.

Senate Action House Action

GOV               1/18/23      DP          6-1-1                MOE               3/8/23        DP       6-4-0-0

3^rd Read          2/8/23                       18-12-0            3^rd Read          5/15/23                  31-27-1-0-1

Vetoed by the Governor 5/19/23

Prepared by Senate Research

May 22, 2023

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