ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

 

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SB 1154: write-in candidate; filing deadline; cancellation

Sponsor: Senator Gowan, LD 19

Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Overview

Makes the deadline to file nomination papers for an election that may be canceled 92 days before the election.

History

Write-in candidates must submit a nomination paper between 150 and 40 days before the election. If a vacancy occurs due to the voluntary or involuntary withdrawal of  a candidate after the official ballots have been printed, a candidate running as a write-in candidate for that office must file a nomination paper by 5:00 p.m. 5 days before the election. Candidates running as a write-in candidate for an election that may be canceled must file their nomination paper by 5:00 p.m. 106 days before the election (A.R.S. §§ 16-312, 16-343, 16-410).

Provisions

1.   Revises the deadline by which a write-in candidate must submit a nomination paper for an election that may be canceled from 106 days to 92 days before the election. (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes technical changes.

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