AZ SB1158

Adds joint technical education district (JTED) board members to nomination petition signature requirements, requiring one-half of one percent of total voter registration in single-member districts or one percent at-large, with a maximum of 400 signatures.

Changes early ballot distribution timeline from "twenty-six days before election" to "twenty-seven days before election" and specifies distribution shall occur no earlier than twenty-seven days and no later than twenty-four days before election if request received by thirty-first day before election.

Updates references to early ballot mailing deadlines throughout Arizona election law to consistently reflect the twenty-seven day minimum instead of twenty-six days.

Modifies language regarding early ballot request form distribution to include "other organizations" alongside candidates and political committees, with civil penalties for failure to use proper return addressees.

Clarifies that early ballot request forms submitted by persons, political committees, or other organizations must be submitted within six business days or eleven days before election, whichever is earlier, with penalties up to $25 per day for noncompliance.