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Town clerk outlines new primary date, filing deadlines after state law change
Summary
Town clerk explained HB2022 moved Arizona’s primary to the second-to-last Tuesday in July, setting the 2026 primary for July 21 and detailing candidate filing, registration and ballot-statement deadlines for Prescott Valley.
Miss Fernandez, the town clerk, told the Prescott Valley Town Council on Feb. 26 that HB2022, adopted as an emergency measure, permanently moved the state primary and made the change effective immediately. "So that date would be July 21," she said, describing the new calendar and how the change affects local filings.
Fernandez said the official candidate filing window runs Feb. 21 through March 23, and that the clerk’s office will accept filings that were prepared for either the prior August date or the new July date to protect candidates who had already collected signatures. The deadline for write-in candidates is…
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