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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-114 (2026)

Prohibition on circulating petitions by certain persons; statement of organization

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A. No county recorder or justice of the peace and no person other than a person who is qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 may circulate an initiative or referendum petition and all signatures verified by any such person shall be void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.

B. Signatures obtained on initiative and referendum petitions by a political committee proposing the initiative or referendum or any of its officers, agents, employees or members prior to the filing of the committee's statement of organization are void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1972–2018 · leading case: Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
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Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 8× “] § 16-101 may circulate an initiative or referendum petition and all signatures verified by any such person shall be void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.”
Van Riper v. Threadgill, 905 P.2d 589 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 18× “Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated section 19-114(B) (Supp. 1994) provides: Signatures obtained on initiative and referendum petitions by a political committee proposing the initiative or referendum or any of its officers, agents, employees or members prior to the filing of the…”
City of Flagstaff v. Mangum, 793 P.2d 548 (Ariz. 1990). · cites it 2× “All signatures obtained by unauthorized circulators are invalidated by A.R.S. § 19-114, which provides: No county recorder or justice of the peace, and no person other than a qualified elector shall circulate an initiative or referendum petition and all signatures verified by…”
McDowell Mountain Ranch Land Coalition v. Vizcaino, 945 P.2d 312 (Ariz. 1997). · cites it 2× “Intent to remain A.R.S. § 19-114 requires that circulators of initiative or referendum petitions be “qualified electors,” or else the collected signatures are void.”
Pacion v. Thomas, 236 P.3d 395 (Ariz. 2010). · cites it 3× “es: A person who violates this section [§ 16-903] is subject to a civil penalty imposed as prescribed in § 16-924 of up to three times the amount of money that has been received, expended or promised in violation of this section or up to three times the value in money for an…”
Debra Arrett & Shirley Lamonna v. Julie K. Bower, 345 P.3d 129 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “1999) (noting “failure to make a required organizational listing does not, strictly speaking, invalidate” application under § 19-111(A) but under “A.R.S. § 19-114(B), it invalidates any signatures obtained on referendum petitions circulated pursuant to an insufficient…”
Direct Sellers Ass'n v. McBrayer, 503 P.2d 951 (Ariz. 1972). · cites it 2× “The only evidence presented was the affidavits of the circulators of the petitions and all parties stipulated that all of the affidavits lacked a certification that the circulator was “a qualified elector of the State of Arizona” as required by A.R.S. § 19-114. On the grounds…”
KZPZ Broad., Inc. v. Black Canyon City Concerned Citizens, 13 P.3d 772 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “section 19-114(A) provided, in part, that “no person other than a qualified elector 2 shall circulate an initiative or referendum petition and all signatures verified by any such person shall be void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.”
Direct Sellers Ass'n v. McBrayer, 492 P.2d 727 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 4× “” A.R.S. § 19-114. In conformity with this statutory pronouncement, the statutory form of the affidavit of the circulator of initiative and referendum petition was changed to read: “I, _, a qualified elector of the State of Arizona, being first duly sworn, say: .”
Leach v. reagan/clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona, 430 P.3d 1241 (Ariz. 2018). · cites it 12× “As a result, they contend that the Committee's statement of organization and initiative application are invalid, and all of its petition signatures are void pursuant to A.R.S. § 19-114(B). As to this claim, Plaintiffs have named the Secretary of State as a party solely because…”
Israel v. Town of Cave Creek, 993 P.2d 1114 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Instead, pursuant to A.R.S. § 19-114(B), it invalidates any signatures obtained on referendum petitions circulated pursuant to an insufficient application.”
Rocking K Holdings, Ltd. v. Pima Cnty., 822 P.2d 487 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 19-114. Additionally, on the day they registered to vote both McNamara and Peterson had actual places of residence in Tucson.”
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— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-114(A) — 3 cases
Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). “] § 16-101 may circulate an initiative or referendum petition and all signatures verified by any such person shall be void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.”
KZPZ Broad., Inc. v. Black Canyon City Concerned Citizens, 13 P.3d 772 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2000). “section 19-114(A) provided, in part, that “no person other than a qualified elector 2 shall circulate an initiative or referendum petition and all signatures verified by any such person shall be void and shall not be counted in determining the legal sufficiency of the petition.”
John L Powers v. John M Carpenter (Ariz. 2002).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 19-114(B) — 6 cases
Van Riper v. Threadgill, 905 P.2d 589 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995). “Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated section 19-114(B) (Supp. 1994) provides: Signatures obtained on initiative and referendum petitions by a political committee proposing the initiative or referendum or any of its officers, agents, employees or members prior to the filing of the…”
Pacion v. Thomas, 236 P.3d 395 (Ariz. 2010). “es: A person who violates this section [§ 16-903] is subject to a civil penalty imposed as prescribed in § 16-924 of up to three times the amount of money that has been received, expended or promised in violation of this section or up to three times the value in money for an…”
Debra Arrett & Shirley Lamonna v. Julie K. Bower, 345 P.3d 129 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2015). “1999) (noting “failure to make a required organizational listing does not, strictly speaking, invalidate” application under § 19-111(A) but under “A.R.S. § 19-114(B), it invalidates any signatures obtained on referendum petitions circulated pursuant to an insufficient…”
Leach v. reagan/clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona, 430 P.3d 1241 (Ariz. 2018). “As a result, they contend that the Committee's statement of organization and initiative application are invalid, and all of its petition signatures are void pursuant to A.R.S. § 19-114(B). As to this claim, Plaintiffs have named the Secretary of State as a party solely because…”
Israel v. Town of Cave Creek, 993 P.2d 1114 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1999). “Instead, pursuant to A.R.S. § 19-114(B), it invalidates any signatures obtained on referendum petitions circulated pursuant to an insufficient application.”
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