AZ HB2022

Moves Arizona's primary election date from the first Tuesday in August to the second to last Tuesday in July, effective 2026

Reduces the deadline for processing provisional ballots after a general election with federal offices from ten calendar days to seven calendar days

Allows county party chairmen to designate party representatives as observers at ballot replacement centers, voting centers, in-person early voting locations, and emergency voting locations

Validates nomination petitions and local initiative petitions collected with the former August 4, 2026 primary date, allowing them to be submitted for the new July 21, 2026 primary without rejection

Declared an emergency measure, making the act operative immediately upon approval by the Governor on February 6, 2026