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AZ SB1479

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2022

Primary Sponsor

Kelly Townsend

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Removes provisions allowing consolidation of polling places based on early voter numbers and eliminates authorization for emergency voting centers.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules1/27/2022
Government Institutions1/27/2022

Full Bill Text

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