Tucson's election schedule faces a new challenge [View all]
PHOENIX — Republican state lawmakers are making yet another try to tell Tucson — and all the state's charter cities — when they can have their elections.Republican state lawmakers
On a party-line vote, the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Elections has approved a measure that would spell out that elections of candidates for all cities, towns and school districts have to occur on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and only in even-numbered years.
SCR 1027, approved by the committee Friday, awaits a vote of the full Senate.
It's not the first effort by GOP lawmakers to override local laws on when voters go to the polls, elect their officials and decide on ballot issue.
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