Senate Bill 1097 Summary

• Amends Arizona law to require school district governing board candidates to be designated by political party affiliation on ballots, beginning with elections on or after January 1, 2025.

• Defines partisan designation as the political party of which a candidate is a qualified elector 120 days before the primary election in the election cycle.

• Moves school district governing board elections from the nonpartisan ballot section to the partisan ballot section on official ballots.

• Changes ballot language to include each candidate's partisan designation and office title, rather than appearing without partisan designation.