AZ SB1415

Amends Arizona law governing nonpartisan city and town elections by establishing a new method for calculating whether a candidate receives a majority of votes cast for office.

Changes majority calculation to: total votes cast for all candidates for an office divided by number of seats to be filled, then divided by two and rounded to the highest whole number.

If more candidates receive a majority than seats available, the candidates with the highest vote totals equal to the number of open seats shall be declared elected.

If no candidate receives a majority at the primary election, twice the number of seats to be filled advances to the general or runoff election, with the highest vote-getters advancing.

Allows towns with 5,000 or fewer residents to adopt an alternative system by majority voter approval where highest vote-getters are declared elected if at least three-fifths of seats are filled by candidates with a majority of votes cast.