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AZ SB1479
Bill
Status
1/27/2022
Primary Sponsor
Kelly Townsend
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AI Summary
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Establishes maximum precinct sizes of 1,250 registered voters per political party entitled to ballot representation and 2,000 total registered voters when precinct boundaries are established, with requirements to split or revise precincts exceeding these limits.
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Prohibits county boards of supervisors from authorizing, establishing, or using voting centers that allow any registered county voter to vote at any location; restricts voting to polling places located within election districts.
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Removes provisions allowing consolidation of polling places based on early voter numbers and eliminates authorization for emergency voting centers.
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Requires polling places to be designated within election precincts or adjacent precincts, with specific conditions for combining precincts that maintain voter limits and election district boundaries.
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Updates election board appointment language to reference precincts only, removing references to voting centers and other voting locations.
Legislative Description
Precinct size; voters; vote centers
Conduct Of Elections
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/31/2022