Arizona lawmakers adopt the laws governing how elections are held. But it’s the secretary of state, working closely with county election officials, who writes a how-to guide for following those laws.Now some Republican legislators want to have a say in what’s included in the elections procedures manual.
Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 8:34am
Arizona lawmakers adopt the laws governing how elections are held. But it’s the secretary of state, working closely with county election officials, who writes a how-to guide for following those laws.
Now some Republican legislators want to have a say in what’s included in the elections procedures manual.
By law, the manual must be updated every two years, in alignment with each election cycle. The secretary of State must submit a draft of the manual by Oct. 1 of odd-numbered years. The governor and attorney general then have two months to review and approve the hundreds of pages of instructions.