Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On February 10, 2016, the Arizona House passed HB 2567, which eliminates the Presidential Primary for years after 2016. The vote was 37-22.
The Prime Sponsor: Representative David M. Gowan Sr. (R), LD 14
It also requires the National Chairperson of each qualified party to inform the Secretary of State by September 1 of the identity of that party’s Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees.
Requires, on completion of a political party national convention and the nomination of its candidates for President and Vice President, the chairman of the national political party to provide the following to the SOS by September 1 in the presidential election year:
a. Each nominee’s name, residence address and mailing address.
b. The name of the political party that nominated the nominees.
c. The exact manner for printing the nominees’ names on the ballot.
Exempts political party nominees for President and Vice President from statute pertaining to compliance with primary election law as prerequisite to printing names
on the ballot.
Not every qualified party that nominates Presidential candidates actually has a National Chairman.
There are many one-state political parties in the United States that participate in the Presidential election in a single state.
CLICK HERE to read the two page (PDF) bill.
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