Because that's how the constitution of Arizona reads. Whenever the governor is out of state, there's an acting governor.
On May 3rd she was out of state and whoever the acting governor was either the secretary of State or the attorney general declared Star wars day in Arizona for May the 4th.
May the 4th is a Joke holiday Star wars fans created cuz it's like May the force be with you.
That policy likely goes back to the 19th century days when Arizona couldn't achieve statehood until they could prove ungovernable Cochise County (Tombstone, etc) could be functionally governed.
Because that's how the constitution of Arizona reads. Whenever the governor is out of state, there's an acting governor.
On May 3rd she was out of state and whoever the acting governor was either the secretary of State or the attorney general declared Star wars day in Arizona for May the 4th.
May the 4th is a Joke holiday Star wars fans created cuz it's like May the force be with you.
That policy likely goes back to the 19th century days when Arizona couldn't achieve statehood until they could prove ungovernable Cochise County (Tombstone, etc) could be functionally governed.
It's the Arizona Constitution. Which means it's the law in Arizona since 1912.
I just randomly picked another state and here's how the process works in Montana.
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/Constitution/VI/14.htm
Here's Mississippi https://ballotpedia.org/Article_V,_Mississippi_Constitution#Section_131
Lots of states have these rules when the governor leaves the state.