HB 2534 Summary

• Amends Arizona election law to allow voters to give their voted early ballot to another person for delivery to a polling place, ballot drop box, election official, or the U.S. Postal Service.

• Prohibits the collection of unvoted early ballots from another person, classified as a class 6 felony, with exceptions for election officials, postal workers, and authorized mail transmitters performing official duties.

• Exempts family members, household members, and caregivers from the prohibition on collecting unvoted early ballots.

• Requires county recorders and election officials to provide printed instructions to early voters stating that only authorized persons may handle or return ballots, with separate instruction requirements for 2025 and beginning in 2026.

• Clarifies definitions of "caregiver," "collects," "family member," and "household member" in the context of ballot collection restrictions.