precinct committeemen; proxy voting

Plain English Breakdown

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Proxy Voting for Precinct Committeemen

This bill allows precinct committeemen in areas with two or fewer committeemen to appoint another voter from nearby areas to vote on their behalf at county committee meetings.

What This Bill Does

• Allows a precinct committeeman (PC) to choose someone else to vote for them if there are two or fewer PC's in the area.
• Requires that the person chosen to vote must be a registered voter from an adjacent precinct.
• Limits proxy voting to only during county committee meetings and not for any other events.
• Requires that all proxies used at these meetings need to have either a notary public or two witnesses sign off on them.

Who It Names or Affects

• Precinct committeemen in areas with low numbers of PC's.
• Registered voters from nearby precincts who can be chosen as proxy voters.

Terms To Know

Proxy Voting

When one person votes on behalf of another at a meeting or event.

Precinct Committeeman (PC)

A member of a political party who helps with voter registration and assists voters on election days.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if there are no qualified electors in adjoining precincts.
• It is unclear how this change will affect the overall participation or effectiveness of county committee meetings.

Official Summary Text

HB2424 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2424
: precinct committeemen; proxy voting

Sponsor:
Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee
on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Overview

Provides for proxy
voting in a county committee meeting by a qualified elector in precincts with
two or fewer precinct committeemen.

History

Any member of a recognized political party who is a
registered voter in the precinct is eligible to seek the office of precinct
committeeman (PC) of that party in that precinct. The minimum duties of a PC
are to assist their political party in voter registration and to assist the
voters of that political party to vote on election days (
A.R.S. � 16-822
).

Currently,
statute allows a political party to choose to allow the use of proxies at its
meetings with the following regulations:

1)

no
proxy shall be given by a member of the state committee for use at a meeting of
the committee except to a qualified elector of the county where the member
resides; and

2)

no
proxy shall be given by a member of the county committee for the use at a
meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector of the precinct where
the member resides.

Additionally, the duration of any proxy extends only for the
length of the meeting, and every proxy must be attested by a notary public or two
witnesses (
A.R.S. � 16-828
).

Provisions

1.

Allows a PC,
in a precinct with two or fewer PCs, to appoint a qualified elector from a
geographically adjoining precinct to vote by proxy on behalf of the PC in a
county committee meeting. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2424 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
precinct committeemen; proxy voting

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2424

Introduced by

Representatives
Griffin: Diaz, Taylor;� Senator Gowan

AN
ACT

amending section 16-828, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to political parties.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 16-828, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-828.

Proxies

A. A political party may choose, through its bylaws,
to allow the use of proxies at its meetings, in which event the following shall
be minimum regulations:

1. No proxy shall be given by a member of the state
committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector
of the county where the member resides.

2. No proxy shall be given by a member of the county
committee for use at a meeting of the committee except to a qualified elector
of the precinct where the member resides.

3. In a precinct with two or fewer
precinct committeemen, a precinct committeeman may appoint a qualified elector
from a geographically adjoining precinct to vote by proxy on behalf of the
precinct committeeman in a county committee meeting.

B. The duration of any proxy so given shall extend
only for the length of the meeting for which it is given.

C. Every proxy shall be attested by a notary public
or two witnesses.
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