On the Arizona State Legislature’s website, AZLeg.gov, there is a wealth of information ranging from upcoming calendars, information about the state senate and house leaders and a system to …
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On the Arizona State Legislature’s website, AZLeg.gov, there is a wealth of information ranging from upcoming calendars, information about the state senate and house leaders and a system to track bills as they go through the arduous legislative process.
And, while access to profiles of the elected and bills they have sponsored is available, there isn’t a digital version of a voting record. That requires a phone call down to the state capitol.
Both the Arizona House and Senate have a number to call to request your elected person’s voter record.
For Scottsdale, the elected House members are Jay Lawrence and John Kavanagh, of Legislative District 23; while Michelle Ugenti-Rita is the elected senate member for the district.
After only a couple of minutes on the phone, I learned to obtain a voter record for my elected officials, I would need .25 per page and a field trip down to the capitol to pick up my request. No digital copies are obtained.
And, further: they don’t accept debit or credit cards. Cash or check only.
The other option, for free, is to spend some time at the capitol viewing their records in-office, without taking a copy with me for my use.
The employees on the other end of the line estimated each representatives’ voter record is in the range of 22-28 pages per year. I was initially calling for three years worth of records for six people --- covering political votes for Scottsdale and Paradise Valley.
If each representative’s average voter record is 24 pages per year; at a cost of $.25 per page equals $6. The $6, for six representatives equals out to be a cost of $36 for one year’s worth of records.
Melissa Rosequist Managing Editor | East Valley @mrosequist_
I first started my journalism portfolio at the age of 15 while in high school before going on to study at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Being in the journalism field is the only professional avenue I was ever interested in, and have worked hard covering topics from school boards to hard news while working for the Independent, where I have been awarded for my reporting.
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