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AZ HB2240

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2022

Primary Sponsor

Jake Hoffman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits county boards of supervisors and election officers from authorizing, establishing, or using voting centers where voters from anywhere in the county can vote; requires all polling places to be located within designated election precincts.

  • Removes provisions allowing boards to establish voting centers or emergency voting centers as alternatives to traditional precinct-based polling places.

  • Maintains the requirement that boards designate one polling place within each precinct at least twenty days before general or primary elections and at least ten days before special elections.

  • Updates election board appointment language in Section 16-531 to reflect the elimination of voting centers and other non-precinct voting locations.

  • Preserves existing exceptions allowing adjacent precincts to be combined or consolidated under specific circumstances, including when early voter numbers substantially reduce polling place demand.

Legislative Description

Elections; voting centers prohibited

Prohibition

Last Action

House read second time

1/24/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2022
Government & Elections1/20/2022

Full Bill Text

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