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AZ SB1042
Bill
Status
1/15/2013
Primary Sponsor
Edward Ableser
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AI Summary
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Adopts the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" as Arizona law in a new chapter of the Arizona Revised Statutes.
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Requires member states to conduct statewide popular elections for president and vice president, with the chief election official determining the national popular vote total across all member states.
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Mandates that each member state's presidential electors be appointed in association with the presidential slate that wins the national popular vote, rather than the statewide popular vote winner.
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Takes effect only when states cumulatively possessing a majority of electoral votes have enacted the agreement in substantially the same form, and terminates if the Electoral College is abolished.
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Allows member states to withdraw from the agreement, except that withdrawals within six months of the end of a president's term shall not take effect until the next presidential term begins.
Legislative Description
Interstate agreement; national popular vote
Last Action
Referred to Senate ELEC Committee
1/16/2013