ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

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HB 2424: precinct committeemen; proxy voting

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Overview

Provides for proxy voting in a county committee meeting by a qualified elector in precincts with two or fewer precinct committeemen.

History

Any member of a recognized political party who is a registered voter in the precinct is eligible to seek the office of precinct committeeman (PC) of that party in that precinct. The minimum duties of a PC are to assist their political party in voter registration and to assist the voters of that political party to vote on election days (A.R.S. § 16-822).

Currently, statute allows a political party to choose to allow the use of proxies at its meetings with the following regulations:

1)   no proxy shall be given by a member of the state committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the county where the member resides; and

2)   no proxy shall be given by a member of the county committee for the use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the precinct where the member resides.

Additionally, the duration of any proxy extends only for the length of the meeting, and every proxy must be attested by a notary public or two witnesses (A.R.S. § 16-828).

Provisions

1.   Allows a PC, in a precinct with two or fewer PCs, to appoint a qualified elector from a geographically adjoining precinct to vote by proxy on behalf of the PC in a county committee meeting. (Sec. 1)

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