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Arizona Municipal Elections Amendment (2024)

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Arizona Municipal Elections and Prohibiting Ranked Choice Voting Amendment
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Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
County and municipal governance and Electoral systems
Status
Proposed
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Arizona Municipal Elections and Prohibiting Ranked Choice Voting Amendment may appear on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

This amendment would require that only qualified voters of a municipal district may vote for the council members of the election in that district. It would also state that any municipality may not allow ranked-choice voting.[1]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the ballot measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

Amending the Arizona Constitution

See also: Amending the Arizona Constitution

Either chamber of the Arizona State Legislature is allowed to propose an amendment. A majority of members of both chambers must approve it. If they do, the proposed amendment goes on a statewide ballot for a popular vote of the people. Approval from a simple majority of voters is then required to make it part of the constitution.

Amendment in the state Legislature

The amendment was introduced to the Arizona State Senate on February 2, 2023. It passed the Senate on March 6, 2023 by a 16-13 vote.[1]

Vote in the Arizona State Senate
March 7, 2023
Requirement:
Number of yes votes required: 16  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total16130
Total percent53.3%43.3%3.3%
Democrat0131
Republican1600

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