56 Missing AZ Gov Katie Hobbs Found!!!… in DC with Mayorkas !?! Hmmm..... (ktar.com) posted 1 year ago by TinHattedTruthSeeker 1 year ago by TinHattedTruthSeeker +56 / -0 Hobbs meets with Mayorkas in DC to discuss border security Katie Hobbs met with Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas to express what she wants to see at the southern border in D.C. on Wednesday. 20 comments share 20 comments share save hide report block hide replies
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.