Bill Text: AZ HCR2060 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislative elections; nonpartisan
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HCR2060 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-HCR2060-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: legislative elections; nonpartisan |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HCR 2060 |
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Introduced by Representative Bradley
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a concurrent resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article VII, section 10, Constitution of Arizona; relating to primary elections.
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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. Article VII, section 10, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
10. Direct primary election law; nonpartisan legislative elections
Section 10. A. The legislature shall enact a direct primary election law, which shall provide for the nomination of candidates for all elective state, county, and city offices, including candidates for United States senator and for representative in Congress.
B. Any person who is registered as no party preference or independent as the party preference or who is registered with a political party that is not qualified for representation on the ballot may vote in the primary election of any one of the political parties that is qualified for the ballot.
C. Beginning with the elections for the fifty-first legislature in 2012, members of the legislature shall run without political party designation in the primary and general election, and those elections shall be held as otherwise provided by law for nonpartisan elections.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.
