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ARF- 2634

Consent Agenda Item 5. E.

Special Meeting

Meeting Date:	07/15/2014
Submitted For:	Eric Mariscal
Submitted By:	Cate Gore, Administrative Clerk, Elections Department
Department:	Elections

Information

Request/Subject

Order to Cancel Precinct Committeeman Elections.

Background Information

ARS 16-410 provides that if the total number of persons who file a nomination petition for a candidate and the number of persons who filed a nomination paper for a write-in candidate is less than or equal to the number of positions to be filled, the county board of supervisors may cancel the election no earlier than seventy-five days before the election and appoint the person or persons who filed the nomination petition or nomination paper. A person who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is fully vested with the powers and duties of the office as if elected to that office.

Evaluation

Precinct committeeman elections are covered by this statute.

Conclusion

In those precincts where the number of candidates filing nomination petitions or write-in nomination papers is less than equal to the number of positions available, it is permissible to cancel these elections.

Recommendation

The Elections Department recommends the Board of Supervisors approve the Order to cancel precinct elections and appoint the precinct committeemen shown on Attachment A.

Suggested Motion

Adoption of an Order canceling precinct elections and appointing the precinct committeemen as shown on Attachment A of the Order, who have filed nomination petitions or nomination papers for precinct committeeman of their party in the precinct shown.

Attachments
Order
ARS 16-410