A. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election and to have the person's name printed on the official ballot shall file, not less than one hundred twenty nor more than one hundred fifty days before the primary election and with the same officer as provided by section 16-311, a nomination petition in addition to the nomination paper required.
B. For the purposes of this title, "nomination petition" means the form or forms used for obtaining the required number of signatures of qualified electors, which is circulated by or on behalf of the person wishing to become a candidate for a political office.
C. Nomination petitions shall be captioned "partisan nomination petition" or "nonpartisan nomination petition", followed by the language of the petition in substantially the following form, except that if the candidate does not have an actual residence address, the candidate may use a description of place of residence and post office address, or, if the candidate's actual residence address is protected pursuant to section 16-153, a post office box or private mailbox address in the candidate's political division or district from which the nomination is sought is sufficient:
Partisan Nomination Petition
I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the county of ______________, state of Arizona, and of (here name political division or district from which the nomination is sought) and a member of the _______________ party or a 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, hereby nominate ___________ who resides at _____________ in the county of ____________ for the party nomination for the office of _______________ to be voted at the primary election to be held _______________ as representing the principles of such party, and I hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this office and that I have not signed, and will not sign, any nomination petition for more persons than the number of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing election. I further declare that if I choose to use a post office box address on this petition, my residence address has not changed since I last reported it to the county recorder for purposes of updating my voter registration file.
Nonpartisan Nomination Petition
I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the county of _______________, state of Arizona, and of (here name political division or district from which the nomination is sought) hereby nominate _______________ who resides at _______________ in the county of _______________ for the office of ______________ to be voted at the _______________ election to be held _______________, and hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this office and that I have not signed and will not sign any nomination petitions for more persons than the number of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing election. I further declare that if I choose to use a post office box address on this petition, my residence address has not changed since I last reported it to the county recorder for purposes of updating my voter registration file.
D. The nomination petition of a person seeking to fill an unexpired vacant term for any public office shall designate the expiration date of the term following the name of the office being sought.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
21
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2021 · leading case:
Moreno v. Jones
Moreno v. Jones (2006)
ariz · cites it 11×
“”) §§ 16-314, -322 (Supp.2005). Signatures on nomination petitions must be obtained by circulators who are themselves eligible to register to vote and who appropriately certify their collection of the signatures.”
Bee v. Day (2008)
ariz · cites it 19×
“¶ 11 We turn to whether Bee’s nomination petitions substantially comply with A.R.S. § 16-314. Kent argues they do not because they nowhere indicate that signers are nominating Bee for an unexpired vacant term or when that term expires, as A.”
Judith K Lohr v. Shawnna Bolick (2020)
ariz · cites it 11×
“The Court found that the defendant’s petitions substantially complied with § 16-314 and could not have misled electors because the petitions listed the name of the office sought, and there was only one seat for that office contested in the upcoming election.”
Jill Kennedy v. Joseph Lodge (2012)
ariz · cites it 10×
“¶ 1 On June 27, 2012, we issued an order affirming the superior court’s judgment that nominating petitions designating the office sought as “Superior Court,” without specifying the office and division number, did not substantially comply with A.R.S. §§ 16-314 (Supp.2011), -331,…”
Jenkins v. Hale (2008)
ariz · cites it 2×
“¶ 7 The signatures must be collected on “nomination petitions,” A.R.S. § 16-314(B), which must conform to certain enumerated statutory requirements, § 16-315(A).”
Miller v. BD. OF SUP'RS OF PINAL CTY. (1993)
ariz · cites it 2×
“See A.R.S. §§ 16-314(A) and 16-311. With neither adequate findings nor a transcript, we presume that his "circulated, signed and filed" petitions are valid.”
Arizona Libertarian Party v. Reagan (2016)
azd · cites it 2×
“In Arizona, a candidate who wishes to have her name printed on a primary ballot must comply with certain statutory requirements.”
Raymond L Malnar v. Elizabeth Joice (2014)
ariz · cites it 3×
“She simultaneously filed nomination petitions but failed to comply with A.R.S. § 16-314(D), which provides that “[t]he nomination petition of a person seeking to fill an unexpired vacant term for any public office shall designate the expiration date of the term following the…”
City of Tucson v. State (2011)
arizctapp · cites it 4×
“The state election laws address, inter alia, partisan primary elections. See, e.g., A.R.S. § 16-502(B), (C).”
Graham v. Tamburri (2016)
ariz · cites it 2×
“Pursuant to § 16-314, Tambur-ri timely filed a nomination petition which included 4,205 signatures.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-314(A) — 7 cases
Miller v. BD. OF SUP'RS OF PINAL CTY. (1993)
ariz
“See A.R.S. §§ 16-314(A) and 16-311. With neither adequate findings nor a transcript, we presume that his "circulated, signed and filed" petitions are valid.”
Arizona Libertarian Party v. Reagan (2016)
azd
“In Arizona, a candidate who wishes to have her name printed on a primary ballot must comply with certain statutory requirements.”
City of Tucson v. State (2011)
arizctapp
“The state election laws address, inter alia, partisan primary elections. See, e.g., A.R.S. § 16-502(B), (C).”
Graham v. Tamburri (2016)
ariz
“Pursuant to § 16-314, Tambur-ri timely filed a nomination petition which included 4,205 signatures.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-314(B) — 2 cases
Jenkins v. Hale (2008)
ariz
“¶ 7 The signatures must be collected on “nomination petitions,” A.R.S. § 16-314(B), which must conform to certain enumerated statutory requirements, § 16-315(A).”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-314(C) — 4 cases
Moreno v. Jones (2006)
ariz
“”) §§ 16-314, -322 (Supp.2005). Signatures on nomination petitions must be obtained by circulators who are themselves eligible to register to vote and who appropriately certify their collection of the signatures.”
Bee v. Day (2008)
ariz
“¶ 11 We turn to whether Bee’s nomination petitions substantially comply with A.R.S. § 16-314. Kent argues they do not because they nowhere indicate that signers are nominating Bee for an unexpired vacant term or when that term expires, as A.”
Judith K Lohr v. Shawnna Bolick (2020)
ariz
“The Court found that the defendant’s petitions substantially complied with § 16-314 and could not have misled electors because the petitions listed the name of the office sought, and there was only one seat for that office contested in the upcoming election.”
Jill Kennedy v. Joseph Lodge (2012)
ariz
“¶ 1 On June 27, 2012, we issued an order affirming the superior court’s judgment that nominating petitions designating the office sought as “Superior Court,” without specifying the office and division number, did not substantially comply with A.R.S. §§ 16-314 (Supp.2011), -331,…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-314(D) — 4 cases
Bee v. Day (2008)
ariz
“¶ 11 We turn to whether Bee’s nomination petitions substantially comply with A.R.S. § 16-314. Kent argues they do not because they nowhere indicate that signers are nominating Bee for an unexpired vacant term or when that term expires, as A.”
Raymond L Malnar v. Elizabeth Joice (2014)
ariz
“She simultaneously filed nomination petitions but failed to comply with A.R.S. § 16-314(D), which provides that “[t]he nomination petition of a person seeking to fill an unexpired vacant term for any public office shall designate the expiration date of the term following the…”
Judith K Lohr v. Shawnna Bolick (2020)
ariz
“The Court found that the defendant’s petitions substantially complied with § 16-314 and could not have misled electors because the petitions listed the name of the office sought, and there was only one seat for that office contested in the upcoming election.”
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