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AZ HB2240
Bill
Status
1/20/2022
Primary Sponsor
Jake Hoffman
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AI Summary
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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.
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Removes provisions allowing boards to establish voting centers or emergency voting centers as alternatives to traditional precinct-based polling places.
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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.
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Updates election board appointment language in Section 16-531 to reflect the elimination of voting centers and other non-precinct voting locations.
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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