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AZ Rev Stat § 48-2916 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2916 - Notice of election

48-2916.  Notice of election The board of supervisors shall cause a notice embodying the order in substance,  signed by the chairman and clerk of the board,  to be issued and published,  giving public notice of the organizational election,  the time and polling places,  and specifying the matters to be submitted to the vote of the electors of the proposed district. The notice and order shall be published once a week for at least three weeks prior to the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. If any portion of the proposed district lies within any other county or counties,  the notice and order shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in each of such counties. A copy of the notice and order shall be posted in at least one conspicuous place in each of the divisions of the proposed district for at least two weeks prior to the date of the election.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2917 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2917 - Qualifications of electors; definitions

48-2917.  Qualifications of electors;  definitions A. No person shall be entitled to vote at any election,  held under the provisions of this chapter unless: 1. He is a holder of title or evidence of title,  including receipts or other evidence of the rights of entry-men on lands under any law of the United States or this state,  to land in the district,  and has possessed such qualifications for ninety days immediately preceding the date of such election. 2. He has resided continuously for six months immediately preceding the election in the county in which the district or a part thereof is located. 3. He is at least eighteen years of age. 4. He is registered as provided by section 48-3015. B. For the purpose of organization of a new district,  the qualifications of electors shall be determined as provided in subsection A of this section,  except that subsection A,  paragraph 4 of this section shall have no applicability in determining the qualifications of such electors. C. The administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased person,  and the guardian of a minor or incompetent person,  appointed and qualified under the laws of the state,  may register and cast the vote of the estate or person which he represents. The officer of a corporation who is designated and authorized by a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation may register and cast the vote of the corporation. D. For the purposes of this chapter: 1. " Evidence of title"  includes bona fide contracts of purchase,  recorded not less than ninety days immediately preceding the date of an election at which the holder seeks to vote,  by the terms of which the purchaser is given possession of the land,  is required to pay all taxes and assessments thereon,  and is expressly authorized to vote as to such land at district elections. In such case the holder of the record title is not entitled to vote as to such land. 2. " Holder of title"  or " bona fide landowner"  means a person whose title has been recorded in the office of the county recorder not less than ninety days prior to the date of an election at which such person seeks to vote. When the holder of record title is a married person and the title is held in the name of only one spouse,  only the spouse in whose name the title stands shall be entitled to vote in the election. E. The general partner of a partnership in whose name title to property within the district is vested as a holder of title or evidence of title,  who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the general partners,  may register and cast the vote of the partnership. F. The trustee of a trust,  and the trustee who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the trustees of a trust in which there are more than one trustee,  in whose name title to property within the district is vested as a holder of title or evidence of title,  may register and cast the vote of the trust.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2918 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2918 - Ballots; manner of voting

48-2918.  Ballots;  manner of voting A. The ballots at an election for the formation of an irrigation district shall be supplied by the board of supervisors and shall contain the words,  " irrigation district,  yes"  and " irrigation district,  no."  If the board of supervisors has submitted the question of vesting the proposed district with the power of drainage the words " drainage power,  yes"  and " drainage power,  no"  shall be added. The ballots shall contain the names of the qualified electors to be voted for as directors from each division of the proposed district and as directors at large,  if any,  with one blank space where the elector may write the name of any other qualified elector of the division for whom he desires to cast a vote as a director and,  if necessary,  two blank spaces where the elector may write the names of other qualified electors of the district for whom he desires to vote as directors at large. B. One director shall be elected from each division of the proposed district and,  if provided by the petition,  two directors shall be elected at large,  unless otherwise provided by law. The elector shall vote for one person only as division director and,  if provided by the petition,  for not more than two persons as at large directors and shall indicate his choice by placing the mark X opposite the name,  question or proposal for which or against which he desires to vote.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2919 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2919 - Conduct of election; return

48-2919.  Conduct of election;  return A. The polls shall be open on the day of election from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the afternoon. After closing the polls the judges of the election shall ascertain the result of the vote and certify it in writing to the board of supervisors of the county which ordered the election within two days after the day of election,  and shall accompany the certificate with all ballots used in the election,  and all records made thereof. B. If at the election a judge for any reason fails to act,  the qualified electors present at the opening of the polls shall appoint another judge who shall in all respects be qualified after selection to perform the duties prescribed by this article. C. The judges of the election may administer oaths for any purpose pertaining to the election,  may decide upon the qualifications of electors and shall make certificates respecting any matter concerning the election.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2920 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2920 - Early voting

48-2920.  Early voting An elector who desires to vote by early ballot may vote by early ballot at an election held in the district substantially in the manner as provided by title 16,  chapter 4,  article 8. In the application of such article to this section: 1. The words " division of the district"  shall be substituted for the word " precinct" . 2. The duties required of the county recorder shall be performed by the secretary of the board. 3. The duties of the early election board shall be performed by the election judges appointed under section 48-3016.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2921 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2921 - Canvass of votes; declaration of result; organization of another district including lands of district

48-2921.  Canvass of votes;  declaration of result;  organization of another district including lands of district A. The board of supervisors shall meet on the second Monday next succeeding the election and canvass the votes cast. If it appears that a majority of the votes cast at the election in the proposed district is " irrigation district,  yes, "  the board shall,  by an order entered on its minutes,  declare the district organized under the name previously designated,  and shall declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes in each division of the district to be duly elected as division directors,  declare,  for appropriate districts,  the two at large candidates receiving the highest number of votes to be duly elected as directors at large and declare the terms of the directors according to the vote received by each. The order shall describe the boundaries of the district and particularly describe the lands finally included therein for district purposes. B. If the question of vesting the district with the power of drainage has been submitted the board shall declare in the order that the district is either vested or not vested with the power of drainage as determined by its canvass of the votes. C. The board shall cause a copy of the order,  including a map of the district showing the boundaries thereof and lands ordered included therein,  duly certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors,  to be immediately recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any portion of the lands is located. D. The board of supervisors of a county in which any portion of the district is located shall not after the date of recording permit the organization of another district including any portion of such lands without consent of the board of directors of the district first including such lands.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2922 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2922 - Completion of district organization; qualification of directors; determination of term of initial directors

48-2922.  Completion of district organization;  qualification of directors;  determination of term of initial directors A. Upon recording the order of the board of supervisors the organization of the district shall be complete,  and the directors shall within fifteen days thereafter qualify in the same manner as in this chapter required of directors elected at subsequent elections. The directors shall thereafter immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices. B. If two or more candidates at an organizational election receive the same number of votes for director of a division or for director at large,  the choice of director shall be decided by lot between them,  under the supervision of the chairman of the board of supervisors. C. The director receiving the highest number of votes for a director from a division and for director at large,  if any,  at the election held for formation of the district shall hold office for three years,  the director receiving the next highest number of votes for a director from a division and for director at large,  if any,  shall hold office for two years,  and the remaining director shall hold office for one year,  from January 1 following. No annual election of directors shall be held in November of the calendar year in which the organization of the district is effected. Each director so elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualifies.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2923 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2923 - Testing validity of organization of district by quo warranto

48-2923.  Testing validity of organization of district by quo warranto Within one year after the date of filing the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district organized,  any person affected thereby may commence quo warranto proceedings to test the validity of the organization of the district,  but no such proceedings or other action whatever shall be commenced after such year period.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3041 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3041 - Adoption of acreage system of voting

48-3041.  Adoption of acreage system of voting A. Instead of the personal and individual system of district voting as provided by article 4 of this chapter,  the bona fide landowners of a district who reside in the state may petition the board of directors of the district to adopt an acreage system of voting within the district. The petition shall be dated and signed personally by bona fide record landowners residing in the state,  representing the acreage in the district for which title or evidence of title of record is held by each,  and shall be filed with the secretary of the board. If the board of directors determines that not less than fifty-one per cent of the total acreage of the district is represented by the signers of the petition,  the board may adopt a resolution changing the manner of voting in the district from an individual and personal ballot system to an acreage system of voting,  and thereafter all elections within the district shall be held and conducted on the acreage system provided by this article. B. For a district in a county with a population of more than two million persons:  1. If more than fifty per cent of the total acreage of the district is used for other than agricultural purposes,  as determined by the board of directors,  the board may adopt by resolution an acreage system of voting. The resolution shall declare that bona fide owners of land in the district,  including owners of land not used for agricultural purposes who would otherwise qualify as electors pursuant to section 48-3043,  are entitled to vote under the acreage system for each office and on each question as provided by this article. 2. The board of directors of a district that currently operates under the acreage system of voting may provide that bona fide owners of land in the district,  including owners of land not used for agricultural purposes who would otherwise qualify as electors pursuant to section 48-3043,  are entitled to vote under the acreage system for each office and on each question as provided by this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3042 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3042 - Forms of election materials; applicability of general election laws

48-3042.  Forms of election materials;  applicability of general election laws A. The board of directors shall prescribe the form of registration lists,  ballots,  poll lists,  election returns and all other papers and documents used in connection with the holding of elections,  and shall provide for preserving the secrecy of the ballot. The provisions and forms shall be prescribed at least twenty days prior to holding an election. B. The general laws of the state relating to elections shall apply to elections held under the provisions of this article so far as applicable and not in conflict herewith.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3043 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3043 - Qualifications of electors

48-3043.  Qualifications of electors A. In the acreage system of voting every bona fide owner of land within the district holding title or evidence of title of record,  including entrymen upon public lands under the public land laws of the United States or a certificate of purchase from the state,  who has held such title for ninety days and who is a resident of the state,  shall be an elector of the district and,  unless otherwise provided by subsection E,  is entitled to one vote on each question submitted and to one vote for each office to be filled for each acre of land owned in the district,  but not more than one thousand two hundred eighty votes. When the holder of record title is a married person,  only the spouse in whose name the title stands may vote at such election. If record title is held in more than one name,  each owner otherwise possessing the qualifications of an elector may vote the number or fractions of acres represented by the legal interest or proportionate share of and in the lands. B. The administrator or executor of a deceased person,  and the guardian of a minor or an incompetent person,  appointed and qualified under the laws of the state,  may represent and cast the vote of the person or estate. An officer of a corporation designated and authorized by a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation may represent and cast the vote of the corporation. C. The general partner of a partnership in whose name title to property within the district is vested as a holder of title or evidence of title,  who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the general partners,  may register and cast the vote of the partnership. D. The trustee of a trust,  and the trustee who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the trustees of a trust in which there are more than one trustee,  in whose name title to property within the district is vested as a holder of title or evidence of title,  may register and cast the vote of the trust. E. For a district in a county with a population of more than two million persons,  under an acreage system of voting the board of directors may determine by resolution that each qualified elector of the district is entitled to the number of votes or fractional votes equal to the number of acres or fractional acres,  rounded to the next one-tenth acre,  owned by that owner,  but not more than one thousand two hundred eighty votes.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3044 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3044 - Election register

48-3044.  Election register When voting is conducted under the acreage system,  at least five days before holding a regular or special election the secretary of the district shall make up an election register. The election register shall denote the names of the holders of lands within the district,  the number of acres held by each and the number of votes which they are entitled to cast. The lists shall be arranged by divisions,  if the district is divided into divisions,  with the name of the holder and the number of votes he is entitled to cast as shown by the records of the county recorder,  the state land department,  and the United States land office for the district in which the irrigation district is located as of the twentieth day before the time fixed for holding the election. No person shall be allowed to vote unless his name appears as a holder upon such public records,  nor shall he cast more votes than the number of votes to which he is entitled as shown by the district register.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3045 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3045 - Handling and distribution of ballots

48-3045.  Handling and distribution of ballots Ballots shall at all times be under the supervision and direction of the election judges who shall: 1. Keep the ballots not voted within the polling place and within plain view of the election judges and of the public.  2. Deliver them only to qualified voters within the place where the election is held.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3046 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3046 - Marking and checking of ballots

48-3046.  Marking and checking of ballots A. Every qualified voter before receiving an official ballot shall call out his name to the election clerk. If his name is found on the election register the clerk shall hand him a blank official ballot,  first inserting in a space provided for that purpose the number of votes which the voter is entitled to cast as ascertained from the election register. The clerk shall also,  before delivering the ballot to the applicant therefor,  write his name on the stub thereto and shall call out audibly the name of the applicant and the number of votes to which he is entitled,  which shall be entered in the poll list in the order of the application for ballots. B. After the voter has received his ballot he may retire to a booth to mark it. Having marked his ballot,  he shall hand it to the inspector,  folded in such manner that the inspector may see the number of votes to which the voter is entitled as marked on his ballot by the clerk. The inspector shall call the name of the voter and the number of votes he is entitled to cast,  and the clerk shall compare the number so called with that indicated on the election register,  and if they agree he shall so inform the inspector. The inspector shall then remove the stub at the perforated line,  leaving the number of votes the voter is entitled to cast on the ballot,  and deliver the ballot to the judge who shall deposit it in the ballot box and announce that it is voted. Such fact shall be noted by the clerk and by the inspector opposite the voter's name on the proper list. The inspector shall then file the stub on a string to be used by him for that purpose.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3047 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3047 - Mistake in marking ballot

48-3047.  Mistake in marking ballot A. If when the inspector announces the name of the voter tendering him a ballot and the number of votes to which he is entitled as indicated on the ballot,  it is found that the number of votes does not correspond with the number of votes to which the voter is entitled as shown by the election register,  the ballot shall not be deposited in the ballot box but shall be handed to the clerk who shall destroy it without noting or making known the contents thereof. The clerk shall thereupon on demand deliver to the voter a new ballot,  properly indicating the number of votes to which he is entitled. B. If the voter in marking his ballot accidentally or by mistake wrongly marks it,  he may surrender it to the clerk who shall give him a new ballot properly marked with the number of votes to which he is entitled,  and destroy the old one without noting or making its contents known.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3048 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3048 - Manner of marking ballot; determining right to vote

48-3048.  Manner of marking ballot;  determining right to vote A. The voter shall indicate the candidate for whom he votes or the question or proposal for or against which he votes by writing in the space to the right of the name of the candidate,  question or proposal the number of votes he casts. B. The right of a person to vote may be challenged. On being challenged,  the voter shall be sworn and examined as to his qualifications. If the election judges are satisfied as to the qualifications of the person to vote,  he shall be permitted to vote. A voter whose name does not appear upon the election register may be sworn as to his qualifications as an elector and his right to have his name placed on the register,  and if the election judges are satisfied as to the qualifications of the elector and as to his right to have his name placed upon the election register it shall be so ordered.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3049 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3049 - Absent voters or voters with disabilities

48-3049.  Absent voters or voters with disabilities An elector absent from the county in which the district is located,  or who expects to be absent therefrom at the time of holding an election in the district,  or who furnishes the secretary of the board with a doctor's certificate of physical inability to attend the polls,  may vote at an election held in the district substantially in the manner as provided by title 16,  chapter 4,  article 8. The duties therein required of the county recorder shall be performed by the secretary of the board.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-3050 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-3050 - Determination of election result

48-3050.  Determination of election result A majority of the acreage as represented by the votes cast at an election conducted under the acreage system shall determine the result.