HB 2438 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 19-125 regarding the form and numbering of ballot measures for elections.

• Changes ballot measure numbering system to continue consecutively from the previous election rather than resetting, preventing repeated use of numbers until all 100 numbers in each series are exhausted.

• Modifies ballot title requirements to include statements describing the effects of "yes" and "no" votes, approved by the attorney general.

• Allows election officers to print abbreviated ballot language with measure numbers, designations, subjects, and vote effects on the official ballot, with full text provided on sample ballots and posted at polling places.

• Declares the act an emergency measure applicable to the 2010 general election, requiring the secretary of state to continue numbering sequences from the 2008 general election without repetition.