Arizona Revised Statutes
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-591 (2026)
Grounds for challenging an elector
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Any qualified elector of the county may orally challenge a person offering to vote as not qualified under section 16-121.01 or on the ground that the person has voted before at that election.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1987–2013 · leading case: Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). “Section 16-593 relates only to the scope of examination conducted by the election board pursuant to a challenge to an individual elector’s residence pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 16-591 and 16-592. It does not purport to create a list of factors a trial court must consider in…”
Raetzel v. Parks/Bellemont Absentee Election Bd., 762 F. Supp. 1354 (D. Ariz. 1990). “A.R.S. §§ 16-591, 16-552, Subd. D. 2 Arizona Revised Statute § 16-552 Subd.”
Pacuilla v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 923 P.2d 833 (Ariz. 1996). “A.R.S. § 16-591 (amended 1993). Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-122, which forbids a person from voting unless his name appears in both the county and precinct register, was amended in 1994 to include an exception for those who correct the voter registration records at the…”
Babnew v. Linneman, 740 P.2d 511 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987). “A.R.S. § 16-591 provides: “A person offering to vote may be orally challenged by any qualified elector of the county upon any of the following grounds: * * * * * * (3) That he has changed his residence from the precinct in which he is registered more than fifty days next…”
Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. v. Coconino Cnty., 766 P.2d 83 (Ariz. 1988). “) Finally, A.R.S. § 16-591(3) (Supp.1988) includes as a ground for challenging a voter the fact “[t]hat he has changed his residence from the precinct in which he is registered more than fifty days next preceding the election.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-591(3) — 2 cases
Pacuilla v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 923 P.2d 833 (Ariz. 1996). “A.R.S. § 16-591 (amended 1993). Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-122, which forbids a person from voting unless his name appears in both the county and precinct register, was amended in 1994 to include an exception for those who correct the voter registration records at the…”
Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. v. Coconino Cnty., 766 P.2d 83 (Ariz. 1988). “) Finally, A.R.S. § 16-591(3) (Supp.1988) includes as a ground for challenging a voter the fact “[t]hat he has changed his residence from the precinct in which he is registered more than fifty days next preceding the election.”
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