Bradley in DC
10-21-2007, 01:18 PM
ARIZONA 2004
52 Total Delegates: 24 CD & 28 AL County Conventions: 4/3/04 – 4/17/04
Primary/Caucus/Convention CD Caucus: 5/8/04
Delegates use “Best Efforts” for 1 ballot State Convention: 5/8/04
Step 1 – Presidential Primary
Purpose: To bind and allocate national convention delegates to the presidential
candidate receiving the most votes in the primary.
Timing: No primary in 2004
Process: Delegates to national convention are required by law to use “best efforts” to vote for winner of the presidential primary. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-243. No rules or laws are applicable when no primary takes place.
Step 2 – County/Legislative District Meetings
Purpose: To elect delegates to the congressional district and state conventions.
Timing: 4/3/04 – 4/17/04
Qualifications: Only precinct committeemen of record as of 12/31/04 are eligible to
vote at the county caucuses. State Party Bylaws Art. VI § C.
Process: Delegates to the county convention elect delegates to the state
convention. Id.
Step 3 – Congressional District Caucus
Purpose: To elect congressional district delegates and alternate delegates to the
national convention.
Timing: 5/8/04
Qualifications: Delegates to the congressional district caucuses are state convention
delegates who are residents of their respective congressional district. Id. at Art. VI § B.
Process: At the state convention, each congressional district will caucus and elect 3 CD delegates and alternate delegates. Each CD alternate delegate must be listed and served in an order determined by the number of votes received. In the case of a tie vote, the list and the order of service is decided by lot. Id. at Art. VI § D.
Step 4 – State Convention
Purpose: To select the AL delegates and alternates.
Timing: 5/8/04
Qualifications: Voting convention delegates must have been elected at county/legislative meetings.
Process: The state convention meets as a whole to elect national AL delegates and alternate delegates. The AL alternate delegates are listed and served in an order determined by the number of votes received. In the case of a tie vote, the list and the order of service is decided by lot. Id.
Step 5 – Certification of Delegates
Purpose: Filing of the credentials of the state delegation to the Secretary of the RNC.
Timing: 07/31/2004
Process: No later than thirty (30) days before the time set for the meeting of the national convention, the credentials of each delegate and alternate delegate shall be filed with the secretary of the Republican National Committee for use by the secretary in making up the temporary roll of the national convention (RNC Rule 18(c)).
Step 6 – Organizing Convention Delegation
Purpose: To select national convention delegation chairman and choose committee persons.
Timing: Promptly after the selection of delegates.
Process: National Party Rules require the election of a delegation chairman, as well as one (1) man and one (1) woman for each of the four (4) Convention Committees, including: Committee on Resolutions (Platform), Committee on Credentials, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, and Committee on Permanent Organization. States are required to file notice with the RNC Secretary the selection of these committee members and their state delegation chairman. Alternate delegates may not serve as delegation chairman or as members of the convention committees (RNC Rule 40(a)).
Elector Selection
Purpose: To select presidential electors.
Timing: 7/5/04 – 8/3/04
Process: State Party chairman appoints candidates for presidential elector and
must file nomination papers with the Secretary of State. Ariz. Rev.
Stat. § 16-344
Table of Authorities
Continuing Bylaws of the Arizona Republican Party.
Arizona Revised Statutes.
52 Total Delegates: 24 CD & 28 AL County Conventions: 4/3/04 – 4/17/04
Primary/Caucus/Convention CD Caucus: 5/8/04
Delegates use “Best Efforts” for 1 ballot State Convention: 5/8/04
Step 1 – Presidential Primary
Purpose: To bind and allocate national convention delegates to the presidential
candidate receiving the most votes in the primary.
Timing: No primary in 2004
Process: Delegates to national convention are required by law to use “best efforts” to vote for winner of the presidential primary. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-243. No rules or laws are applicable when no primary takes place.
Step 2 – County/Legislative District Meetings
Purpose: To elect delegates to the congressional district and state conventions.
Timing: 4/3/04 – 4/17/04
Qualifications: Only precinct committeemen of record as of 12/31/04 are eligible to
vote at the county caucuses. State Party Bylaws Art. VI § C.
Process: Delegates to the county convention elect delegates to the state
convention. Id.
Step 3 – Congressional District Caucus
Purpose: To elect congressional district delegates and alternate delegates to the
national convention.
Timing: 5/8/04
Qualifications: Delegates to the congressional district caucuses are state convention
delegates who are residents of their respective congressional district. Id. at Art. VI § B.
Process: At the state convention, each congressional district will caucus and elect 3 CD delegates and alternate delegates. Each CD alternate delegate must be listed and served in an order determined by the number of votes received. In the case of a tie vote, the list and the order of service is decided by lot. Id. at Art. VI § D.
Step 4 – State Convention
Purpose: To select the AL delegates and alternates.
Timing: 5/8/04
Qualifications: Voting convention delegates must have been elected at county/legislative meetings.
Process: The state convention meets as a whole to elect national AL delegates and alternate delegates. The AL alternate delegates are listed and served in an order determined by the number of votes received. In the case of a tie vote, the list and the order of service is decided by lot. Id.
Step 5 – Certification of Delegates
Purpose: Filing of the credentials of the state delegation to the Secretary of the RNC.
Timing: 07/31/2004
Process: No later than thirty (30) days before the time set for the meeting of the national convention, the credentials of each delegate and alternate delegate shall be filed with the secretary of the Republican National Committee for use by the secretary in making up the temporary roll of the national convention (RNC Rule 18(c)).
Step 6 – Organizing Convention Delegation
Purpose: To select national convention delegation chairman and choose committee persons.
Timing: Promptly after the selection of delegates.
Process: National Party Rules require the election of a delegation chairman, as well as one (1) man and one (1) woman for each of the four (4) Convention Committees, including: Committee on Resolutions (Platform), Committee on Credentials, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, and Committee on Permanent Organization. States are required to file notice with the RNC Secretary the selection of these committee members and their state delegation chairman. Alternate delegates may not serve as delegation chairman or as members of the convention committees (RNC Rule 40(a)).
Elector Selection
Purpose: To select presidential electors.
Timing: 7/5/04 – 8/3/04
Process: State Party chairman appoints candidates for presidential elector and
must file nomination papers with the Secretary of State. Ariz. Rev.
Stat. § 16-344
Table of Authorities
Continuing Bylaws of the Arizona Republican Party.
Arizona Revised Statutes.