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2024
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Early Voting Ballots for SRP Elections Can Be Requested through March 22

Nominations now being accepted for open SRP Board and Council positions

On Election Day, April 2, 2024, SRP will hold its 2024 elections to fill 22 seats on the board and council of the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (District) and 20 seats on the board and council of the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association (Association).

Early voting ballots are now available to qualified voters through March 22, 2024, at 5 p.m. To determine eligibility to vote in SRP elections, visit srp.net/elections or call the SRP Election Information Line at 602-236-3048.  

To request an early voting ballot, visit http://www.srp.net/earlyballot or call 602-236-3048, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. An early voting ballot may also be requested in person from the Corporate Secretary’s Office located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, Arizona, 85288, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Early voting ballots will be mailed beginning March 6, 2024.

SRP is composed of two separate organizations: the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, a private water corporation formed in 1903; and the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an agricultural improvement district and a political subdivision of the State of Arizona formed in 1937 that oversees SRP’s electric operations.

Each company of SRP is governed separately. SRP board members establish policy, approve annual budgets, and set prices and fees. SRP council members amend and enact bylaws and make appointments to fill vacancies on the SRP boards, councils or positions of Vice President.

Positions up for the District election are one position on the Board of Directors in each of voting divisions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9; two at-large Board of Directors positions, 11 and 13; and three positions on the Council in each of voting divisions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.

Positions up for Association election are one position on the Board of Governors in each of voting districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9; and three positions on the Council in each of voting districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.

All Board and Council positions have four-year terms.

Nomination papers and petitions for candidates seeking positions on the Boards or Councils of the Association or District are available by request from the SRP Corporate Secretary. Email election@srpnet.com or call the SRP Elections Information Line at 602-236-3048.

Nomination papers and petitions may be filed beginning January 3, 2024, and must be completed and filed with the SRP Corporate Secretary no later than 5 p.m. on February 2, 2024.

About SRP

SRP is a community-based, not-for-profit public power utility and the largest electricity provider in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, serving approximately 1.1 million customers. SRP provides water to about half of the Valley’s residents, delivering more than 244 billion gallons of water (750,000 acre-feet) each year, and manages a 13,000-square-mile watershed that includes an extensive system of reservoirs, wells, canals and irrigation laterals.