Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-503 (2026)

Duty to prepare and provide ballots; cost of printing ballots and instruction cards as public expense

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A. The board of supervisors, and in city and town elections, the city or town clerk, shall prepare and provide ballots containing the names of all persons whose certificates of nomination have been filed with them. The ballots shall be printed and ready for inspection by the candidates and their agents at least ten days before a general election and at least five days before a city or town election.

B. All ballots cast in elections for public office within the state, and the cards of instruction to voters, shall be printed, delivered and distributed at public expense and shall be a county charge, but when used at local elections shall be a charge against the city or town in which the local election is held.

C. For special district elections the governing body is responsible for the duties and charges as provided in subsections A and B.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1958–2013 · leading case: Bahney Dedolph v. Lois Jean McDermott, 281 P.3d 484 (Ariz. 2012).

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Bahney Dedolph v. Lois Jean McDermott, 281 P.3d 484 (Ariz. 2012). · cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 16-503 (duty to prepare ballots containing the names of candidates).”

Save Our Vote v. bennett/open Gov't Comm. Supporting C-03-2012, 291 P.3d 342 (Ariz. 2013). “§§ 16-503, -511. ¶ 6 Proposition 121, titled the “Open Eleetions/Open Government Act,” purports to “[a]bolish[ ] the existing system of taxpayer-funded primary elections to select nominees for political parties” and to “[c]reate[ ] in its place an Open ‘Top Two’ Primary Election.”

Bd. of Supervisors of Pima Cnty. v. Harrington, 333 P.2d 971 (Ariz. 1958). · cites it 8× “] And § 16-503 states that: "If no candidate is nominated in the primary election for a particular office, then no candidate for that office for that party may appear on the general or special election ballot.”

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