16-701. Applicability of election laws Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election of delegates to the convention shall be conducted and the results ascertained and certified in the same manner as elections for state officers, and all laws of this state relative to elections, except those inconsistent with this article, are made applicable […]
16-702. Number of delegates The number of delegates to be chosen for the convention is fifteen who shall be elected from the state at large.
16-703. Qualifications of candidates for delegate; nominations A. Candidates for the office of delegate to the convention shall be qualified electors of this state. B. Nominations shall be by petition signed by not less than one thousand electors of the state qualified to vote at the election and shall be filed with the secretary of […]
16-704. Ballots; form A. The election shall be by ballot, separate from any other ballots to be used at the same election. The ballot shall contain a statement of the substance of the proposed amendment, appropriate instructions to the voters and perpendicular columns of equal width, headed respectively in plain type, " favors ratification" and […]
16-705. Determination of delegates; vacancies; delegate bound to vote in accordance with pre-election statement; classification A. The fifteen candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall be the delegates to the convention. B. If there is a vacancy in the convention caused by the death or disability of a delegate, or any other cause, […]
16-706. Meeting of delegates in convention The delegates to the convention shall meet at the capitol on the twenty-eighth day after their election at ten o’clock a.m. and shall thereupon constitute a convention to consider and vote upon the question of whether or not the proposed amendment shall be ratified.
16-707. Organization of convention The convention shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members and shall elect its president, secretary and other officers and adopt rules.
16-708. Journal of proceedings A. The convention shall keep a journal of its proceedings in which shall be recorded the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed amendment. B. Upon final adjournment the journal shall be filed with the secretary of state.
16-709. Certificate of ratification If the convention agrees by vote of a majority of the total number of delegates to ratification of the proposed amendment, a certificate to that effect shall be executed by the president and secretary of the convention and transmitted to the secretary of state of Arizona, who shall transmit the certificate […]
16-710. Compensation and mileage of delegates Delegates shall receive ten dollars each day they are assembled in convention and mileage one way from the place of their residence to the capitol by the shortest practical route at the rate of twenty cents per mile.
16-711. Congressional provisions as superseding article If at or about the time of submitting such amendment, Congress, either in the resolution submitting the amendment or by statute, prescribes the manner in which the conventions shall be constituted, and does not except from the provisions of the statute or resolution the states which theretofore have provided […]
