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The legislative council staff delivers a bill draft to the sponsor or requester and if directed, will prepare the bill for introduction. [2] Bills undergo three or four readings during the legislative process. After the first reading, they are assigned to committee. Committees can amend measures or hold legislation and prevent it from advancing.
The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix (2021). Members of the Arizona Legislature are elected from 30 districts, each of which elect one senator and two representatives.Members of both chambers serve two-year terms.
The process, approved by voters in 1974 and amended in 1992, is described in Article 6, Section 37 of the Arizona Constitution. [10] As described there in paragraph B, the selection of trial court judges through this process only applies to counties with a population of over 250,000 people, as counted by the most recent US Census.
Redistricting in Arizona occurs every 10 years and is conducted by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The first election using the newly drawn districts occurred on November 8, 2022. A district map can be found here.
On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the legislature's argument in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. [18] The Court held the term "legislature" in the Elections Clause could be read broadly to mean "the power that makes laws," not just the two representative houses.
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After these meetings the AIRC submitted the final Legislative Maps to the Department of Justice on February 28, 2012 for preclearance under the Voting Rights Act. The Justice Department approved the maps on April 26, 2012. [2] The Supreme Court upheld the 2010 redistricting in Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. [3]
Elections in Arizona are authorized under the Arizona State Constitution, which establishes elections for the state level officers, cabinet, and legislature. In a 2020 study, Arizona was ranked as the 21st hardest state for citizens to vote in. [ 1 ]