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AZ HCR2023

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

4/12/2021

Primary Sponsor

Jake Hoffman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Declares Arizona's opposition to any federal action that infringes on the state's constitutional power to manage, control, and administer elections.

  • Opposes House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1) and its proposed terms, which the resolution claims would usurp state election authority through extended voting periods, voter roll maintenance restrictions, mail voting mandates, and ballot harvesting regulations.

  • Asserts that the U.S. Constitution vests election management power exclusively in the states and that federal exceptions (Elections Clause, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments) should be applied sparingly.

  • Directs the Arizona Secretary of State to transmit a copy of the resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House, all Arizona Members of Congress, and legislative leaders in all other states.

  • Passed by the Arizona House on March 4, 2021, and by the Senate on April 7, 2021.

Legislative Description

Elections; state authority; infringement; opposition

Elections

Last Action

Transmitted to Secretary of State

4/12/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules3/8/2021
Government Institutions3/4/2021
Rules2/2/2021
Government & Elections2/1/2021

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