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AZ SB1158
Bill
Status
2/27/2024
Primary Sponsor
Janae Shamp
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 16-212 to prohibit excluding or removing presidential candidates from the general election ballot based on alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Applies the prohibition to three categories of candidates: official nominees of political parties entitled to continued ballot representation, qualified independent candidates, and qualified write-in candidates.
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Maintains existing provisions requiring presidential electors to cast electoral college votes for the candidates who received the highest number of votes in Arizona.
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Retains existing law that removes and replaces any presidential elector who knowingly refuses to vote as prescribed.
Legislative Description
Presidential candidates; qualification; no exclusion
Presidential Candidates
Last Action
House read second time
2/29/2024