SB 1011
Initials JH/IG Page 1 Vetoed
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: GOV DP 6-1-1-0 | 3
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Read: 18-12-0-0
House: MOE DP 6-4-0-0 | 3
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Read: 31-27-1-0-1
SB1011: municipalities; partisan elections
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Vetoed
Overview
Allows for municipal candidate elections to be conducted as partisan or nonpartisan.
History
City and town elections are conducted in the same manner as county officer elections, except
that the returns shall be made to the clerk of the city or town, and the governing body of the city
or town shall canvass the returns, declare the result and issue the certificates of the election
(A.R.S. § 9-821).
A city or town election is prohibited from indicating the source of the candidacy or the support of
the candidate on the ballot (A.R.S. § 9-821.01)
Provisions
1. States that a city or town may conduct a candidate election as follows:
a) With the candidate's political party registration indicated on the ballot; or
b) Without the candidate's political party registration indicated on the ballot. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires the municipal offices in a partisan election to be included on a partisan ballot. (Sec.
2)
3. Contains a delayed effective date of January 1st, 2024. (Sec. 3)
4. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1, 2)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note