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REFERENCE TITLE: municipal elections; recount threshold |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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SB 1323 |
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Introduced by Senator Antenori: Representative Vogt
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AN ACT
amending section 16-661, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vote recounts.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-661, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-661. Automatic recount; requirements; exemption
A. Except as provided in subsection B, a recount of the vote is required when the canvass of returns in a primary or general election shows that the margin between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for a particular office, or between the number of votes cast for and against initiated or referred measures or proposals to amend the Constitution of Arizona, is less than or equal to the lesser of the following:
1. One‑tenth of one per cent of the number of votes cast for both such candidates or upon such measures or proposals.
2. Two hundred votes in the case of an office to be filled by state electors and for which the total number of votes cast is more than twenty‑five thousand.
3. Fifty votes in the case of an office to be filled by state electors and for which the total number of votes cast is twenty‑five thousand or less.
4. Two hundred votes in the case of an initiated or referred measure or proposal to amend the constitution.
5. Fifty votes in the case of a member of the legislature.
6. Ten votes in the case of an office to be filled by the electors of a city or town or a county or subdivision of a city, town or county.
B. In the case of an office to be filled by the electors of a city or town or subdivision of a city or town, a recount of the vote is required when the canvass of returns in a primary or general election shows that the margin between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for a particular office is less than or equal to one-quarter of one per cent of the number of votes cast for both such candidates.
B. C. Subsection A does not apply to elections for precinct committeemen, school district governing boards, community college district governing boards, fire district boards or fire district chiefs or secretary‑treasurers or boards of other special districts.