SB 1342 Summary

• Amends Arizona election law to replace the term "chairman" with "chairperson" when referring to county political party leaders involved in hand count audits and election procedures.

• Restructures the process for designating hand count board workers, requiring county party chairpersons to designate workers first, then state party chairpersons if insufficient workers are provided, and finally highest-ranking statewide elected officials of each party if needed.

• Changes the deadline for parties to provide names of hand count workers from the Tuesday before an election to the second Tuesday preceding the election, with additional deadlines for providing supplemental workers through the second Thursday preceding the election.

• Requires county election officers to distribute lists of available hand count workers to county and state party chairpersons by 5:00 p.m. on the second Friday preceding the election.

• Requires counties to post hand count results on the county website and provide them to the Secretary of State for public availability, ensuring transparency in election audit procedures.