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AZ SB1158

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/27/2024

Primary Sponsor

Janae Shamp

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Maintains existing provisions requiring presidential electors to cast electoral college votes for the candidates who received the highest number of votes in Arizona.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules2/28/2024
Municipal Oversight & Elections2/27/2024
Rules1/23/2024
Elections1/23/2024

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