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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
precinct committeemen; vacancy; application
Purpose
Requires the list of names to fill a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be submitted by a legislative district chairman or a county chairman, rather than only a county chairman. Requires a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be filled by the county board of supervisors (county BOS) within 30 days after the date the list of names is submitted.
Background
Any member of a recognized political party who is a registered voter in the precinct is eligible to seek the office of precinct committeeman for the political party in the voter's precinct. The minimum duties of a precinct committeeman are to assist the precinct committeeman's political party in voter registration and to assist the voters of the political party to vote on election days. Additional duties are as outlined in the party's state committee bylaws. The contest for office of precinct committeeman is on a primary election ballot. At a primary election, the members of a political party who are entitled to representation and who reside in each precinct must choose one to serve as county precinct committeeman and one additional precinct committeeman for every 125 registered voters in the party in the precinct on January 2 of the year of the general election. A political party may also establish a district party committee for any legislative district.
The county BOS,
on recommendation of the county chairman, or the recommendation of a committee
designated in the bylaws, such as a legislative district committee, must
determine when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman. If a
vacancy exists, then the vacancy must be filled by the county BOS from a list
of names submitted by the county chairman of the appropriate political party.
Only a precinct committeeman who is elected at the primary election before the
date of the state or county organizing meeting may vote at the meeting (A.R.S.
§§ 16-821;
16-822;
and 16-823).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires the list of names for a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be submitted by the legislative district chairman or the county chairman, rather than only the county chairman.
2. Requires a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be filled by the county BOS from the list of names within 30 days after the date the complete and correct list of names is submitted to the county BOS.
3. Requires a person who wishes to fill the precinct committeeman vacancy to submit an application to the chairman who is authorized to submit the list of names for the vacancy.
4. Makes technical changes.
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
· Requires the county BOS to fill the vacancy for the office of precinct committeeman within 30 days, rather than 5 days, after the complete and correct list of names is submitted.
Senate Action
GOV 2/18/26 DP 5-0-2
Prepared by Senate Research
March 2, 2026
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