Petitions

To Download and Print a Petition Click Here:

Make sure you complete the back of the petition before mailing.

Only signatures from one county on each page, print multiple pages for multiple counties.

Please mail petitions back to the address on the top of the form.

Instructions to print the PDF document:
1. Print the Nomination Petition form on 8½ X 14 inch paper (legal sized paper).
2. The second page (instructions for circulator) must be copied on the reverse side of the nomination petition (front to back).
NOTE: The following PDF document represents what the Nomination Petition form should look like. Errors can be made when printing the document, so it is important to make sure you follow certain guidelines when printing.
1. Click “print” icon from the Adobe Product, not your browser.
2. Check the printer “properties”
3. Paper size – Select “legal” size paper (8.5” x 14”)
4. Orientation – Select “landscape”
5. Make sure that Page Scaling is set to “NONE” or “fit to page” is NOT checked
6. When you have printed the petition, make sure that it complies with the form of petition requirements found in the statute below
(verify that line spacing is 3/8”).

Arizona Revised Statutes § 16-315. Form of petitions
A. The nomination petitions shall be in substantially the following form:
1. Petitions shall be on paper fourteen inches wide and eight and one-half inches long.
2. Petitions shall be headed by a caption stating the purpose of the petition, followed by the body of the petition stating the intent of the petitioners.
3. There shall be fifteen lines spaced three-eighths of an inch apart and consecutively numbered one through fifteen.
4. The signature portion of the petition shall be divided into columns headed by the titles: signature; printed name; actual residence address or description of place of residence, city, town or post office; and date of signing.
5. A photograph of the candidate may appear on the nomination petition.
B. The following shall appear on the petition:
Instructions for Circulators
1. All petitions shall be signed by circulator.
2. Circulator must be qualified to register to vote in this state.
3. Circulator’s name shall be typed or printed under such person’s signature.
4. Circulator’s actual residence address or, if no street address, a description of residence location shall be included on the petition.
C.The secretary of state shall prepare sample nomination petition forms and distribute such forms to all election officers.