SB 1329 — procedures manual; JLAC approval

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proceduresJLAC manual;approval         State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session       SENATE BILL 1329       AN ACT   amending section 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes;

JLAC approval         State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session       SB 1329   Introduced by Senators Gowan:

Barto, Borrelli, Leach, Livingston, Pace, Shope, Ugenti-Rita     AN ACT   amending section 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes;

Section 1.  SectionSection 1. 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-452.  Rules;Section 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

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classification A.  AfterA. consultation with each county board of supervisors or other officer in charge of elections, the secretary of state shall prescribe rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, uniformity and efficiency on the procedures for early voting and voting, and of producing, distributing, collecting, counting, tabulating and storing ballots.  The secretary of state shall also adopt rules regarding fax transmittal of unvoted ballots, ballot requests, voted ballots and other election materials to and from absent uniformed and overseas citizens and shall adopt rules regarding internet receipt of requests for federal postcard applications prescribed by section 16‑543.

B.  TheAfter rulesconsultation shallwith beeach prescribedcounty inboard anof officialsupervisors instructionsor andother proceduresofficer manualin tocharge be issued not later than December 31 of eachelections, odd‑numbered year immediately preceding the generalsecretary election. of Beforestate its issuance, the manual shall beprescribe approvedrules byto theachieve governor and maintain the attorneymaximum generaldegree jointof legislativecorrectness, auditimpartiality, committee. uniformity Theand secretaryefficiency ofon state shall submit the manualprocedures tofor theearly governorvoting and thevoting, attorneyand generalof jointproducing, legislativedistributing, auditcollecting, committeecounting, nottabulating laterand thanstoring Octoberballots. 1 of the year before each general election.

C.  AThe personsecretary whoof violatesstate anyshall rulealso adoptedadopt pursuantrules regarding fax transmittal of unvoted ballots, ballot requests, voted ballots and other election materials to thisand sectionfrom isabsent guiltyuniformed and overseas citizens and shall adopt rules regarding internet receipt of arequests classfor 2federal misdemeanor.postcard applications prescribed by section 16-543.

D.  TheB. secretary of state shall provide personnel who are experts in electronic voting systems and procedures and in electronic voting system security to field check and review electronic voting systems and recommend needed statutory and procedural changes.

The rules shall be prescribed in an official instructions and procedures manual to be issued not later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the general election.  Before its issuance, the manual shall be approved by the governor and the attorney general joint legislative audit committee.  The secretary of state shall submit the manual to the governor and the attorney general joint legislative audit committee not later than October 1 of the year before each general election.

C.

A person who violates any rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

D.

The secretary of state shall provide personnel who are experts in electronic voting systems and procedures and in electronic voting system security to field check and review electronic voting systems and recommend needed statutory and procedural changes.