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AZ SB1357
Bill
Status
2/21/2024
Primary Sponsor
Javan Mesnard
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-547 regarding early ballot affidavits and their form.
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Requires the ballot affidavit envelope to be designed so it can be concealed when delivered or mailed to the county recorder or election officer.
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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.
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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.
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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