Legislative District (LD) 3 Republicans passed a resolution unanimously on November 30 urging the Arizona Legislature to change the procedures governing the presidential preference election to allow the body to administer the 2024 Republican presidential primary directly instead of state government. The Republicans said they believe this would allow the legislature to implement additional election integrity measures such as one-day voting and hand-counted ballots. The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) previously called for the Arizona Republican Party to administer the election on August 26.
The resolution stated that the Arizona Legislature should “use their U.S. Constitutionally granted power under Article 2, Section 1, Clause 2 (State Legislatures have complete authority over the manner of a United States Presidential election) to provide the citizens of Arizona a separate Presidential only election conforming with Arizona Constitution, Article 7, Section11 (election day only vote), commonsense election terms such as voting by precinct, requiring voter ID, paper ballots, hand count with no mail-in voting, no machines, reporting by precinct and clean, updated and verified voter rolls. Again, this can be done without the need of Governor Hobbs approval or signature passed.”
The Arizona Libertarian Party holds its own presidential primaries each year, opting out of the primary run by the secretary of state. It is a far smaller party and the elections are usually conducted by mail.
Several states hold caucuses for their presidential preference elections, which the political parties run. The Missouri Democratic Party is conducting its own next year, while the Missouri Republican Party is conducting caucuses in each individual county. The Missouri Democrats estimate their election will cost them $250,000 to $475,000 to administer. Iowa, Nevada, and Wyoming also hold caucuses.
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