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AZ HCR2023
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/12/2021
Primary Sponsor
Jake Hoffman
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AI Summary
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Declares Arizona's opposition to any federal action that infringes on the state's constitutional power to manage, control, and administer elections.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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