Amendment To Require Direct Partisan Primary Elections Will Be Decided By Arizona Voters In 2024

(L-R) Then-Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, then-Arizona State Senator David Gowan, then-Arizona Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh, then-Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters and then-Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem hold a press conference as they tour the U.S.-Mexico border on November 04, 2022, in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Lake visited the border to outline her plan for border security. KEVIN DIETSCH/BALLOTPEDIA

Voters in Arizona will decide on a constitutional amendment to require that direct partisan primaries be conducted in a way that allows political parties to nominate a candidate or candidates (in multi-seat districts) for the general election. The amendment wouldn’t change the current process but could preempt top-four primaries, as seen in Alaska, or other types of primary elections in which every candidate, regardless of party affiliation, runs in the same primary. It would also say that a legislature-enacted direct primary election law supersedes any other law or ordinance. Voters will decide on the amendment at the November general election in 2024.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs speaks during the Super Bowl LVII Host Committee Handoff Press Conference at Phoenix Convention Center on February 13, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. CARMEN MANDATO/BALLOTPEDIA