HB2532 Summary

• Redefines "election officer" across Arizona Revised Statutes to mean any individual, including election board members, assigned to perform official election duties (removing the previous requirement to hold a specific certificate issued under section 16-407).

• Creates new criminal offense under section 16-1025 making it a class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly disclose personal information (home address, phone number, photographs, etc.) of election officers or their family members without consent when it poses an imminent and serious threat to their safety.

• Extends existing privacy protections for election officers to include confidentiality in county recorder records, county assessor and treasurer records, voter registration records, and Department of Transportation records through the same affidavit and court order process available to other public officials.

• Allows election officers to request five-year restrictions on public access to their identifying information by filing affidavits with superior court judges when they reasonably believe their safety or another person's safety is endangered.

• Adds election officers to the definition of "eligible persons" under public records confidentiality laws (sections 11-483, 11-484, 16-153, 28-454, 39-123, and 39-124).