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AZ SB1149

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2022

Primary Sponsor

Sean Bowie

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Authorizes counties to conduct mail ballot elections for any election administered by that county, including federal, state, and local elections.

  • Requires county board of supervisors approval and a minimum of 60 percent of the county's registered voters on the active early voting list before conducting a countywide mail ballot election.

  • Mail ballot elections must comply with Article 8.1 of Arizona Revised Statutes governing election procedures.

  • Requires counties, cities, towns, and school districts conducting mail ballot elections to report annually to the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives by January 1 following an election.

  • Report must include voter turnout changes, cost comparisons to traditional elections, program improvement suggestions, irregularity frequency and severity, voter satisfaction, and number of nondeliverable ballots.

Legislative Description

Countywide elections; vote by mail

Counties

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/13/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/12/2022
Government Institutions1/12/2022

Full Bill Text

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