Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-212 (2026)

Election of presidential electors; electoral college votes; vacancy; replacement

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A. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1956, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected a number of presidential electors equal to the number of United States senators and representatives in Congress from this state.

B. After the secretary of state issues the statewide canvass containing the results of a presidential election, the presidential electors of this state shall cast their electoral college votes for the candidate for president and the candidate for vice president who jointly received the highest number of votes in this state as prescribed in the canvass.

C. A presidential elector who knowingly refuses to cast that elector's electoral college vote as prescribed in subsection B of this section is no longer eligible to hold the office of presidential elector and that office is deemed and declared vacant by operation of law. The chairperson of the state committee of the political party represented by that elector shall appoint a person who is otherwise qualified to be a presidential elector. The replacement presidential elector shall cast the elector's electoral college vote as prescribed by this section. Notwithstanding section 16-344 and any other statute, the nomination paper and affidavit of qualification of the replacement presidential elector may be completed and filed with the secretary of state as soon as is practicable after the presidential elector's appointment.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2021 · leading case: Chiafalo v. Washington, 140 S. Ct. 2316 (2020).

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Chiafalo v. Washington, 140 S. Ct. 2316 (2020). “2 Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 16-212 (2019 Cum.”

Rasean Clayton v. Kanye West, 489 P.3d 394 (Ariz. 2021). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 16-212(B); U.S. Const. amend. XII (prescribing process by which electors cast votes for president and vice- president).”

Bowyer v. Ducey (D. Ariz. 2020). · cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 16-212(C) (“After the secretary of state issues the 18 statewide canvass containing the results of a presidential election, the presidential electors 19 of this state shall cast their electoral college votes for the candidate for president and the 20 candidate for…”

— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-212(B) — 1 case

Rasean Clayton v. Kanye West, 489 P.3d 394 (Ariz. 2021). “A.R.S. § 16-212(B); U.S. Const. amend. XII (prescribing process by which electors cast votes for president and vice- president).”

— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-212(C) — 1 case

Bowyer v. Ducey (D. Ariz. 2020). “See A.R.S. § 16-212(C) (“After the secretary of state issues the 18 statewide canvass containing the results of a presidential election, the presidential electors 19 of this state shall cast their electoral college votes for the candidate for president and the 20 candidate for…”

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