Arizona Revised Statutes
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-201 (2026)
Primary elections
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A primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday in August in any year in which a general election or special election is held and at which candidates for public office are to be elected.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1941–2020 · leading case: Moreno v. Jones, 139 P.3d 612 (Ariz. 2006).
Moreno v. Jones, 139 P.3d 612 (Ariz. 2006). “There is only one primary election for state legislative office — the eighth Tuesday prior to the general election for state office, A.R.S. § 16-201 (1996), which is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A.”
William Tedards, Jr. v. Doug Ducey, 951 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2020). “246 (current version at A.R.S. § 16-201). The 2018 general election was scheduled nationally for November 6, 2018.”
Kannarr v. Hardy, 575 P.2d 1250 (Ariz. 1978). “The principal issue raised by petitioners in the petition for special action was, what did the legislature intend by the term “total votes cast” in A.R.S. § 16-201 which requires that a political party must receive 5% of the “total votes cast” to remain on the official ballot…”
Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm'n, 366 F. Supp. 2d 887 (D. Ariz. 2005). “See A.R.S. § 16-201. 6 . Plaintiffs alleged that the IRC “added more than 5,000 additional voting age Hispanics to Legislative District 14 in the 2002 Legislative Plan, diluting the influence of Hispanic voters in another legislative district in violation of Section 2 of the…”
City of Tucson, City of Phoenix v. State of Arizona Ken Bennett, 333 P.3d 761 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014). “353, § 1; see also A.R.S. §§ 16-201,16-211. ¶ 5 The City of Tucson sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the state and Ken Bennett, in his official capacity as secretary of state.”
Arizonans for Fair Representation v. Symington, 828 F. Supp. 684 (D. Ariz. 1992). “A.R.S. §§ 16-201, 16-211. Given the compressed nature of Arizona’s election schedule and to avoid further delays which may disenfranchise or confuse voters, the court chooses to order the interim use of precinct boundaries rather than modify the aforementioned dates.”
Van Arsdell v. Shumway, 798 P.2d 1298 (Ariz. 1990). “See A.R.S. §§ 16-201 to 203, 16-401. Primary elections and election contests “are purely statutory and dependent upon statutory provisions for their conduct.”
Trinsey v. Com. of Pa., Dept. of State, 766 F. Supp. 1338 (E.D. Pa. 1991). “See Ariz.Rev. Stat.Ann. § 16-201; Haw.Rev.Stat.”
Campbell v. Hull, 73 F. Supp. 2d 1081 (D. Ariz. 1999). “In 1996, the primary election was held on September 10 pursuant to A.R.S. § 16-201, therefore, the petition filing deadline was June 27, 1996.”
Blawis v. Bolin, 358 F. Supp. 349 (D. Ariz. 1973). “*352 A political party may qualify for a ballot position in Arizona only by having previously been on the ballot and having obtained five percent of the votes cast for the various offices for which it ran candidates, Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 16-201 (1956), or by filing a new-party…”
Juliani v. Darrow, 119 P.2d 565 (Ariz. 1941). “The Town of South Tucson became a municipal corporation on August 10, 1936, by an order of the board of supervisors of Pima County, made pursuant to the provisions of section 16-201, Arizona Code 1939, but by an order of the same board entered in accordance with the provisions…”
Parnell v. State Ex Rel. Wilson, 206 P.2d 1047 (Ariz. 1949). “The record discloses that the petition for incorporation was presented to the Pima county board of supervisors on May 9, 1947, under the provisions of section 16-201, A.C.A. 1939, requesting the board to create a municipal corporation to be known as Rincon Village.”
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