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AZ SB1149
Bill
Status
1/12/2022
Primary Sponsor
Sean Bowie
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AI Summary
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Authorizes counties to conduct mail ballot elections for any election administered by that county, including federal, state, and local elections.
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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.
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Mail ballot elections must comply with Article 8.1 of Arizona Revised Statutes governing election procedures.
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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.
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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