ARIZONA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VII
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Art. VII §1 | METHOD OF VOTING; SECRECY

All elections by the people shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may be prescribed by law; Provided, that secrecy in voting shall be preserved.

Art. VII §2 | QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS; DISQUALIFICATION

A. No person shall be entitled to vote at any general election, or for any office that now is, or hereafter may be, elective by the people, or upon any question which may be submitted to a vote of the people, unless such person be a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or over, and shall have resided in the state for the period of time preceding such election as prescribed by law, provided that qualifications for voters at a general election for the purpose of electing presidential electors shall be as prescribed by law. The word "citizen" shall include persons of the male and female sex.

B. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the state, or any political division or municipality thereof, on account of sex, and the right to register, to vote and to hold office under any law now in effect, or which may hereafter be enacted, is hereby extended to, and conferred upon males and females alike.

C. No person who is adjudicated an incapacitated person shall be qualified to vote at any election, nor shall any person convicted of treason or felony, be qualified to vote at any election unless restored to civil rights.

Art. VII §3 | VOTING RESIDENCE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND CERTAIN OTHERS

For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of being present or absent while employed in the service of the United States, or while a student at any institution of learning, or while kept at any institution or other shelter at public expense, or while confined in any public jail or prison.

Art. VII §4 | PRIVILEGE OF ELECTORS FROM ARREST

Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at any election, and in going thereto and returning therefrom.

Art. VII §5 | MILITARY DUTY ON DAY OF ELECTION

No elector shall be obliged to perform military duty on the day of an election, except in time of war or public danger.

Art. VII §6 | RESIDENCE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL STATIONED WITHIN STATE

No soldier, seaman, or marine, in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state in consequence of his being stationed at any military or naval place within this state.

Art. VII §7 | HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED AS DETERMINATIVE OF PERSON ELECTED

In all elections held by the people in this state, the person, or persons, receiving the highest number of legal votes shall be declared elected.

Art. VII §8 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTERS AT SCHOOL ELECTIONS

Qualifications for voters at school elections shall be as are now, or as may hereafter be, provided by law.

Art. VII §9 | ADVISORY VOTE

For the purpose of obtaining an advisory vote of the people, the legislature shall provide for placing the names of candidates for United States senator on the official ballot at the general election next preceding the election of a United States senator.

Art. VII §10 | DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION LAW

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. 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.

Art. VII §11 | GENERAL ELECTIONS; DATE

There shall be a general election of representatives in congress, and of state, county, and precinct officers on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the first even numbered year after the year in which Arizona is admitted to statehood and biennially thereafter.

Art. VII §12 | REGISTRATION AND OTHER LAWS

There shall be enacted registration and other laws to secure the purity of elections and guard against abuses of the elective franchise.

Art. VII §13 | SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS UPON BOND ISSUES OR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

Questions upon bond issues or special assessments shall be submitted to the vote of real property tax payers, who shall also in all respects be qualified electors of this state, and of the political subdivisions thereof affected by such question.

Art. VII §14 | FEE FOR PLACING CANDIDATE'S NAME ON BALLOT

No fee shall ever be required in order to have the name of any candidate placed on the official ballot for any election or primary.

Art. VII §15 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

Every person elected or appointed to any elective office of trust or profit under the authority of the state, or any political division or any municipality thereof, shall be a qualified elector of the political division or municipality in which such person shall be elected.

Art. VII §16 | CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; PUBLICITY

The legislature, at its first session, shall enact a law providing for a general publicity, before and after election, of all campaign contributions to, and expenditures of campaign committees and candidates for public office.

Art. VII §17 | VACANCY IN CONGRESS

There shall be a primary and general election as prescribed by law, which shall provide for nomination and election of a candidate for United States Senator and for Representative in Congress when a vacancy occurs through resignation or any other cause.

Art. VII §18 | TERM LIMITS ON BALLOT APPEARANCES IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

The name of any candidate for United States senator from Arizona shall not appear on the ballot if, by the end of the current term of office, the candidate will have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that office for two consecutive terms, and the name of a candidate for United States representative from Arizona shall not appear on the ballot if, by the end of the current term of office, the candidate will have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that office for three consecutive terms. Terms are considered consecutive unless they are at least one full term apart. Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the United States congress who serves at least one half of a term of office shall be considered to have served a term in that office for purposes of this section. For purposes of this section, terms beginning before January 1, 1993 shall not be considered.

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ARIZONA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VII
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Art. VII §1 | METHOD OF VOTING; SECRECY

Art. VII §2 | QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS; DISQUALIFICATION

Art. VII §3 | VOTING RESIDENCE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND CERTAIN OTHERS

Art. VII §4 | PRIVILEGE OF ELECTORS FROM ARREST

Art. VII §5 | MILITARY DUTY ON DAY OF ELECTION

Art. VII §6 | RESIDENCE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL STATIONED WITHIN STATE

Art. VII §7 | HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED AS DETERMINATIVE OF PERSON ELECTED

Art. VII §8 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTERS AT SCHOOL ELECTIONS

Art. VII §9 | ADVISORY VOTE

Art. VII §10 | DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION LAW

Art. VII §11 | GENERAL ELECTIONS; DATE

Art. VII §12 | REGISTRATION AND OTHER LAWS

Art. VII §13 | SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS UPON BOND ISSUES OR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

Art. VII §14 | FEE FOR PLACING CANDIDATE'S NAME ON BALLOT

Art. VII §15 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

Art. VII §16 | CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; PUBLICITY

Art. VII §17 | VACANCY IN CONGRESS

Art. VII §18 | TERM LIMITS ON BALLOT APPEARANCES IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

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ARIZONA CONSTITUTIONARTICLE VIISUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Art. VII §1 | METHOD OF VOTING; SECRECY

Art. VII §2 | QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS; DISQUALIFICATION

Art. VII §3 | VOTING RESIDENCE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND CERTAIN OTHERS

Art. VII §4 | PRIVILEGE OF ELECTORS FROM ARREST

Art. VII §5 | MILITARY DUTY ON DAY OF ELECTION

Art. VII §6 | RESIDENCE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL STATIONED WITHIN STATE

Art. VII §7 | HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED AS DETERMINATIVE OF PERSON ELECTED

Art. VII §8 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTERS AT SCHOOL ELECTIONS

Art. VII §9 | ADVISORY VOTE

Art. VII §10 | DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION LAW

Art. VII §11 | GENERAL ELECTIONS; DATE

Art. VII §12 | REGISTRATION AND OTHER LAWS

Art. VII §13 | SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS UPON BOND ISSUES OR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

Art. VII §14 | FEE FOR PLACING CANDIDATE'S NAME ON BALLOT

Art. VII §15 | QUALIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

Art. VII §16 | CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; PUBLICITY

Art. VII §17 | VACANCY IN CONGRESS

Art. VII §18 | TERM LIMITS ON BALLOT APPEARANCES IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

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