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AZ SCR1032

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

2/24/2022

Primary Sponsor

Kelly Townsend

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Reaffirms the Arizona Legislature's plenary power over elections and the appointment of presidential electors as granted by the U.S. Constitution.

  • Asserts that state legislatures have constitutional authority to manage, control, and administer elections without interference from the federal government.

  • States that the Elections Clause and constitutional amendments (Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-sixth) do not diminish the Legislature's core authority over election administration.

  • Declares the Legislature's authority over appointing presidential electors is plenary and may be exercised by the legislature alone without other normal lawmaking processes.

  • Opposes any federal government attempts to usurp or interfere with Arizona's state legislative sovereign authority over elections.

Legislative Description

Plenary legislative authority; elections

Elections

Last Action

House read second time

3/23/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules3/22/2022
Government & Elections2/24/2022
Rules1/25/2022
Government Institutions1/25/2022

Full Bill Text

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