Arizona Revised Statutes
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-643 (2026)
Method of canvass
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The canvass of the election returns shall be made in public by opening the returns, other than the ballots, and determining the vote of the county, by polling places, for each person voted for and the vote for and against each proposed constitutional amendment and initiated or referred measure appearing upon the ballot at such election.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Hunsaker v. Deal, 663 P.2d 608 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983).
Hunsaker v. Deal, 663 P.2d 608 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). “The election statutes most directly concerned are as follows: § 16-643. The canvass of the election returns shall be made in public by opening the returns, other than the ballots, and determining the vote of the county, by polling places, for each person voted for.”
Petersen v. Fontes (Ariz. Ct. App. 2026). “The legislators argue the boards have discretion because A.R.S. § 16-643 requires them to canvass the election returns “in public by opening the returns, other than the ballots, and determining the vote of the county, by polling places .”
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