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AZ SB1024
Bill
Status
1/12/2015
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, allowing Arizona to join an interstate compact to reform presidential elections.
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Requires member states to conduct statewide popular elections for president and vice president, with each state's chief election official determining the national popular vote total across all member states.
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Directs each member state to award its presidential electors to the slate that wins the national popular vote, rather than the slate that wins within that state.
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Becomes effective when states cumulatively possessing a majority of electoral votes (270+) have enacted the agreement, and allows member states to withdraw except within six months of a president's term end.
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Terminates if the electoral college is abolished and includes provisions for tie-breaking and nominating electors if a state's elector slate size differs from its electoral vote count.
Legislative Description
Interstate agreement; national popular vote
Last Action
Referred to Senate GOV Committee
1/13/2015