Arizona’s chief elections officer doubled as the head of one of the presidential nominees’ state campaign committees in the last two presidential elections, AP reports.
It raised eyebrows that the dual role could be a conflict of interest. Now, a bill has been introduced in the Arizona Senate that would bar that from happening again.
Under terms of the bill, the Arizona secretary of state could not serve as an officer of any candidate’s campaign committee if that candidate is running in an election the secretary of state would oversee.
Secretary of State Ken Bennett served as a co-chairman of GOP candidate Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign in Arizona last year.
