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AZ HB2785

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2023

Primary Sponsor

Liz Harris

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the "active early voting list" that previously allowed automatic mailing of early ballots to registered voters, requiring voters to affirmatively apply for early ballots instead.

  • Restricts in-person early voting to a single location at the county recorder's main office, limited to voters who expect to be absent from their precinct on election day.

  • Requires early voting applications to include specific attestations about the voter's reason for voting early (absence from precinct, confinement, or being outside the state), with mail ballots available only to voters outside Arizona.

  • Changes early ballot deadlines and procedures, including requiring notarization of early ballot affidavits and moving vote counting to election day with results withheld until after 8:00 p.m.

  • Modifies military and overseas voter procedures to limit ballot transmission to mail and email only, removes fax and other electronic formats, and references updated federal statute citations (52 USC 20310).

Legislative Description

Early voting; absentee; military

Elections

Last Action

House minority caucus: Do pass

3/7/2023

Committee Referrals

Rules2/7/2023
Municipal Oversight & Elections2/7/2023

Full Bill Text

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