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AZ SB1357

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/21/2024

Primary Sponsor

Javan Mesnard

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-547 regarding early ballot affidavits and their form.

  • Requires the ballot affidavit envelope to be designed so it can be concealed when delivered or mailed to the county recorder or election officer.

  • Maintains existing affidavit language requiring voters to declare under penalty of perjury that they are registered, have not voted elsewhere, and understand voting multiple times is a class 5 felony.

  • Preserves provisions for voter assistance affidavits, including requirements that assistants provide aid only due to illness, injury, or physical limitation, and that no power of attorney for voting exists.

  • Retains instructions to early voters regarding ballot delivery deadlines, signature requirements, and restrictions on ballot handling to only personal, family, household, or caregiver ballots.

Legislative Description

Early ballots; affidavits; privacy

Early Voting

Last Action

House Committee action: do pass amended/strike-everything, voting: (6-3-0-0-0-0)

3/20/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules2/26/2024
Municipal Oversight & Elections2/21/2024
Rules1/30/2024
Elections1/30/2024

Full Bill Text

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