A.R.S. § 16-212: Presidential Electors
Election of presidential electors; electoral college votes; vacancy; replacement
How are Arizona's presidential electors chosen?
In Arizona, presidential electors are elected quadrennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and they must cast their electoral college votes for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who jointly received the most votes in the state. An elector who knowingly refuses to cast that vote is removed from office by operation of law, and the chairperson of that elector's political party's state committee appoints a qualified replacement to cast the vote instead.
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16-212. Election of presidential electors; electoral college votes; vacancy; replacement
A. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1956, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected a number of presidential electors equal to the number of United States senators and representatives in Congress from this state.
B. After the secretary of state issues the statewide canvass containing the results of a presidential election, the presidential electors of this state shall cast their electoral college votes for the candidate for president and the candidate for vice president who jointly received the highest number of votes in this state as prescribed in the canvass.
C. A presidential elector who knowingly refuses to cast that elector's electoral college vote as prescribed in subsection B of this section is no longer eligible to hold the office of presidential elector and that office is deemed and declared vacant by operation of law. The chairperson of the state committee of the political party represented by that elector shall appoint a person who is otherwise qualified to be a presidential elector. The replacement presidential elector shall cast the elector's electoral college vote as prescribed by this section. Notwithstanding section 16-344 and any other statute, the nomination paper and affidavit of qualification of the replacement presidential elector may be completed and filed with the secretary of state as soon as is practicable after the presidential elector's appointment.
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