Chapter 12 ELECTIONS1
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- Article I. Definitions
- Article II. Registration of Voters
- Sec. 12-100. Election Registrar.
- Sec. 12-101. Qualifications of electors.
- Sec. 12-102. Use of Maricopa County Registration Rolls; City of Phoenix Register of Voters; City of Phoenix Inactive Voter List.
- Sec. 12-103. Change of residence from one address to another.
- Sec. 12-104. Fee for registration or for certificate.
- Sec. 12-105. Updating the City of Phoenix Register of Voters; use of the City of Phoenix Register of Voters and the City of Phoenix Inactive Voter List at voting centers.
- Sec. 12-106. Close of registration.
- Sec. 12-107. Eligibility to vote.
- Article III. Conduct of Elections
- Division 1. General Provisions
- Sec. 12-200. Notice of election.
- Sec. 12-201. Proclamation of election.
- Sec. 12-202. Authorized voting systems.
- Sec. 12-203. Instruction to voters.
- Sec. 12-204. Voter identification.
- Sec. 12-205. Voting Center Signature Roster.
- Sec. 12-206. Voting center procedures.
- Sec. 12-207. Notice of right to vote a provisional ballot.
- Sec. 12-208. Recorder certificate of eligibility to vote; procedure for voting and processing provisional ballots.
- Sec. 12-209. Notice to voters.
- Sec. 12-210. Candidates’ representatives; challengers.
- Sec. 12-211. Grounds for challenging voter.
- Sec. 12-212. Procedure for challenging voters.
- Sec. 12-213. Reading rules to challenged voter.
- Sec. 12-214. Rules of residence.
- Sec. 12-215. Computing term of residence.
- Sec. 12-216. Record of challenged voters.
- Sec. 12-217. Soliciting or contributing to campaign funds; membership in political organization; political activity.
- Sec. 12-218. Influencing vote of City officer or employee.
- Sec. 12-219. Advisory polls.
- Sec. 12-220. Prohibited acts; penalties.
- Division 2. Electronic Voting
- Sec. 12-300. Specifications of electronic voting system.
- Sec. 12-301. Applicability of state laws to City elections.
- Sec. 12-302. Arizona Secretary of State Official Election Procedures Manual.
- Sec. 12-303. Filing of computer programs with the Secretary of State.
- Sec. 12-304. Required testing of equipment and programs; notice.
- Sec. 12-305. Write-in votes; instructions.
- Sec. 12-306. Vote tabulating equipment and accessible voting devices to remain sealed against voting after election.
- Division 3. Ballots and Supplies
- Sec. 12-400. Supplies to be furnished by Council.
- Sec. 12-401. Rotation of candidate names.
- Sec. 12-402. Duty to prepare and provide ballots; ballots and instructions to voters to be printed, delivered, and distributed at public expense.
- Sec. 12-403. Publicity pamphlet; sample ballot.
- Sec. 12-404. Official ballots.
- Sec. 12-405. Delivery of ballots to Election Boards; ballot security.
- Sec. 12-406. Substitute ballots.
- Division 4. Voting Centers
- Sec. 12-500. Designation of voting centers.
- Sec. 12-501. Appointment of Election Boards and Clerks.
- Sec. 12-502. Authority of Inspector; administering oaths.
- Sec. 12-503. Instruction of Election Boards; certificate of qualification.
- Sec. 12-504. Oaths of Election Boards and Clerks.
- Sec. 12-505. Compensation of Election Boards and Clerks.
- Sec. 12-506. Voting days and hours; proclamation of opening and closing of the polls at voting centers; voting after the polls close.
- Sec. 12-507. Persons authorized.
- Sec. 12-508. Requirements for voting booths; ballot boxes.
- Sec. 12-509. Safeguarding of ballot box.
- Sec. 12-510. Reserved.
- Sec. 12-511. Electioneering prohibited; notice.
- Sec. 12-512. Displaying United States Flag at voting centers.
- Sec. 12-513. Inaccessible voting centers; accessible voting locations.
- Division 5. Ballot Processing at the Voting Centers
- Sec. 12-600. Ballot processing in public and without adjournment.
- Sec. 12-601. Removal of ballots from ballot box; ballots to be checked against voting center signature roster; disposition of ballots folded together; attesting of Voting Center Signature Roster.
- Sec. 12-602. Marking rejected ballots; return of rejected ballots.
- Sec. 12-603. Disposition of voted ballots; preparation of the ballot report; delivery of official and unofficial returns to the City Clerk.
- Sec. 12-604. Disposition of returns and ballots.
- Sec. 12-605. Returns not to be rejected due to failure of form.
- Division 6. Ballot Tabulation
- Division 1. General Provisions
- Article IV. Canvassing of Votes
- Article V. Early Voting and Mail Ballot Elections
- Division 1. Early Voting
- Sec. 12-900. Early voting in City elections.
- Sec. 12-901. Official early ballot.
- Sec. 12-902. Permanent early voting list; notice; mailing of ballots.
- Sec. 12-903. Request for early ballot; delivery of early ballot to early voter.
- Sec. 12-904. Official early ballot affidavit.
- Sec. 12-905. Spoiled early ballot.
- Sec. 12-906. Return of official early ballot to City Clerk.
- Sec. 12-907. Early voting locations.
- Sec. 12-908. Duties of City Clerk upon receiving early ballots.
- Sec. 12-909. Early Ballot Board.
- Sec. 12-910. Reserved.
- Sec. 12-911. Early ballot processing.
- Sec. 12-912. Challenging early ballots.
- Sec. 12-913. Meeting to resolve early ballot challenge; notice.
- Sec. 12-914. Procedure at meeting to resolve early ballot challenge; disposition of challenged early ballot; finality of Board’s decision.
- Division 2. Mail Ballot Elections
- Division 1. Early Voting
- Article VI. Petitions—Nomination, Initiative, Referendum
- Article VII. Financial Disclosure; Campaign Finance
- Division 1. Financial Disclosure
- Division 2. Campaign Finance
- Division 3. Election Funding Disclosure Obligations
- Sec. 12-1550. Title.
- Sec. 12-1551. Definitions.
- Sec. 12-1552. Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 12-1553. Required disclosure.
- Sec. 12-1554. When disclosure is not required.
- Sec. 12-1555. Reporting, civil penalties, and appeals.
- Sec. 12-1556. Severability and deference to State law.
- Sec. 12-1557. Public records presumption.
- Article VIII. Council Districts
- Article IX. Concurrent Elections
1Editor’s note—Ord. No. G-5390, § 1, adopted June 17, 2009, effective January 4, 2010, amended Chapter 12 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, Chapter 12 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. G-3358, § 1; and subsequent amendatory ordinances. See the Code Comparative Table for a detailed analysis of subsequent amendatory ordinances.
Charter references—Nomination and election of officers, ch. XII; elections generally, ch. XIII; special elections, ch. XIV.
Cross references—Administration, ch. 2; City Council, § 2-46 et seq.