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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-1020 (2026)

Signing of petitions; violation; classification

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A person knowingly signing any name other than his own to a nomination petition or a petition for formation, alteration or dissolution of a special district, except in a circumstance where he signs for a person, in the presence of and at the specific request of such person who is incapable of signing his own name because of physical infirmity, or knowingly signing his name more than once to a nomination petition or a petition for formation, alteration or dissolution of a special district, or who is not at the time of signing a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election initiated by the petition, is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2006–2014 · leading case: Moreno v. Jones, 139 P.3d 612 (Ariz. 2006).
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Moreno v. Jones, 139 P.3d 612 (Ariz. 2006). · cites it 41× “¶25 Jones argues that “petition forgery” should be understood to refer to the conduct proscribed in A.R.S. § 16-1020 (1996), the penal provision of the election laws concerning the improper signing of nomination petitions.”
Don Shooter v. Toby Farmer, 330 P.3d 956 (Ariz. 2014). · cites it 3× “3d 612, 619 (2006), we held that the term “petition forgery” in § 16-351(F) refers to the class 1 misdemeanor defined in AR.S. § 16-1020. That statute prohibits a range of conduct, the most relevant being “[a] person knowingly signing any name other than his own to a nomination…”
Don Shooter v. Toby Farmer (Ariz. 2014). · cites it 3× “Thus, candidates suffer automatic disqualification and a ban of five or more years if they sign another person’s name on their nomination petitions, or if they knowingly cause another person to do the same.”
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