SB 1485 — elections; voting center tabulation
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 28, 2021. Enacted.
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1 sponsor
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Mixed recorded votes
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
244 added · 197 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent updates to SB 1485 include the addition of a provision requiring county recorders to provide a way to electronically reproduce precinct lists. This change matters because it enhances accessibility to voter information for authorized uses, while maintaining strict protections on private voter details like birth dates and social security numbers. The amendments clarify who can access these records and under what circumstances, ensuring that personal information remains secure while still allowing for transparency in the electoral process.
SB1485Chapter 0359 - 551R - SH Ver of SB1485 SenateHouse Engrossed Senate Bill elections;
voting center tabulation (now:(now: early voting list;
earlyeligibility) voting list; State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session CHAPTER SENATE BILL 1485 AN ACT amending sections 16-168, 16-245, 16-411, 16-461, 16-510 and 16-544, Arizona Revised Statutes;
eligibility) State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session SENATE BILL 1485 AN ACT amending sections 16-168, 16-245, 16-411, 16-461, 16-510 and 16-544, Arizona Revised Statutes;
The officer in charge of elections shall mail one sample ballot of each party represented on the presidential preference election ballot to each household that contains a registered voter of that political party unless that registered voter is on the permanent active early voting list established pursuant to section 16-544.
The mailing face of each sample ballot shall be imprinted with the great seal of the state of Arizona with the words "official voting materials---presidentialmaterials — presidential preference election".
The board of supervisors shall have printed mailer-type sample ballots for a primary election and shall mail at least eleven days before the election one sample ballot of a political party to each household containing a registered voter of that political party unless that registered voter is on the permanent active early voting list established pursuant to section 16-544. 16-544. Each sample ballot shall contain the following statement: "This is a sample ballot and cannot be used as an official ballot under any circumstances".
Each sample ballot shall contain the following statement: "This is a sample ballot and cannot be used as an official ballot under any circumstances".
The board of supervisors shall have printed mailer-type sample ballots for a general election and shall mail at least eleven days before the election one such sample ballot to each household in the county containing a registered voter unless that registered voter is on the permanent active early voting list established pursuant to section 16-544. Each sample ballot shall contain the following statement:
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Anydefinition voterA. may request to be included on a permanent list of voters to receive an early ballot for any election for which the county voter registration roll is used to prepare the election register.
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The county recorder of each county shall maintain the permanent active early voting list as part of the voter registration roll.
In order to be included on the permanent active early voting list, the voter shall make a written request specifically requesting that the voter's name be added to the permanent active early voting list for all elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote. A permanent An early voter request form shall conform to requirements prescribed in the instructions and procedures manual issued pursuant to section 16-452. The application shall allow for the voter to provide the voter's name, residence address, mailing address in the voter's county of residence, date of birth and signature and shall state that the voter is attesting that the voter is a registered voter who is eligible to vote in the county of residence.
The voter shall not list a mailing address that is outside of this state for the purpose of the permanent active early voting list unless the voter is an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter as defined in the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act of 1986 (P.L. 99-410;
On receipt of a request to be included on the permanent active early voting list, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall compare the signature on the request form with the voter's signature on the voter's registration form and, if the request is from the voter, shall mark the voter's registration file as a permanent an active early ballot request.
Not less than ninety days before any polling place election scheduled in March or August, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall mail to all voters who are eligible for the election and who are included on the permanent active early voting list an election notice by nonforwardable mail that is marked with the statement required by the postmaster to receive an address correction notification. If an election is not formally called by a jurisdiction by the one hundred twentieth day before the election, the recorder or other officer in charge of elections is not required to send the election notice. notice. The notice shall include the dates of the elections that are the subject of the notice, the dates that the voter's ballot is expected to be mailed and the address where the ballot will be mailed. If the upcoming election is a partisan open primary election and the voter is not registered as a member of one of the political parties that is recognized for purposes of that primary, the notice shall include information on the procedure for the voter to designate a political party ballot. The notice shall be delivered with return postage prepaid and shall also include a means for the voter to do any of the following:
The notice shall include the dates of the elections that are the subject of the notice, the dates that the voter's ballot is expected to be mailed and the address where the ballot will be mailed.
If the upcoming election is a partisan open primary election and the voter is not registered as a member of one of the political parties that is recognized for purposes of that primary, the notice shall include information on the procedure for the voter to designate a political party ballot. The notice shall be delivered with return postage prepaid and shall also include a means for the voter to do any of the following:
If the notice that is mailed to the voter is returned undeliverable by the postal service, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall take the necessary steps to contact the voter at the voter's new residence address in order to update that voter's address or to move the voter to inactive status as prescribed in section 16-166, subsection A. If a voter is moved to inactive status, the voter shall be removed from the permanent active early voting list.
If the voter is removed from the permanent active early voting list, the voter shall only be added to the permanent active early voting list again if the voter submits a new request pursuant to this section.
Not later than the first day of early voting, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall mail an early ballot to all eligible voters included on the permanent active early voting list in the same manner prescribed in section 16-542, subsectionsubsection C. C.
If a voter who is on the permanent active early voting list is not registered as a member of a recognized political party and fails to notify the county recorder of the voter's choice for political party ballot within forty-five days before a partisan open primary election, the following apply:
The voter shall not automatically be sent a ballot for that partisan open primary election only and the voter's name shall remain on the permanent active early voting list for future elections.
After a voter has requested to be included on the permanent active early voting list, the voter shall be sent an early ballot by mail automatically for any election at which a voter at that residence address is eligible to vote until any of the following occurs:
The voter requests in writing to be removed from the permanent active early voting list.
The voter fails to vote an early ballot in bothall theelections primary election and the general election for two consecutive primaryelection andcycles. general elections for which there was a federal, statewide or legislative race on the ballot.
For the purposes of this paragraph, "election" means any regular primary or regular general election for which there was a federal race on the ballot or for which a city or town candidate primary or first election or city or town candidate second, general or runoff election was on the ballot.
A voter may make a written request at any time to be removed from the permanent earlyactive voting list. The request shall include the voter's name, residence address, date of birth and signature. On receipt of a completed request to remove a voter from the permanent early voting list,list. the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall remove the voter's name from the list as soon as practicable.
The request shall include the voter's name, residence address, date of birth and signature. On receipt of a completed request to remove a voter from the permanent active early voting list, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall remove the voter's name from the list as soon as practicable.
An absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter as defined in the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act of (P.L.(P.L. 99-410;
99-410;42 52 United States Code section 1973ff-6 20310) is eligible to be placed on the permanent active early voting list pursuant to this section.
42 52 United States Code section 1973ff-6 20310) is eligible to be placed on the permanent early voting list pursuant to this section.
A voter's failure to vote an early ballot once received does not constitute grounds to remove the voter from the permanent active early voting list, except that A county recorder shall remove a voter from the active early voting list if the voter fails to vote using an early ballot in both theof primary election and the generalfollowing electionapply: for two consecutive primary and general elections for which there was a federal, statewide or legislative race on the ballot.
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The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections complies with subsection M of this section.
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the voter fails to vote using an early ballot in all of the following elections for two consecutive election cycles:
(a) A regular primary and regular general election for which there was a federal race on the ballot.
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(b) a city or town candidate primary or first election and a city or town candidate second, general or runoff election.
ByOn Decemberor 1before January 15 of each even-numberedodd-numbered year, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall send a notice to each voter who is on the active early voting list and who did not vote an early ballot in bothall theelections primaryfor two CONSECUTIVE election andcycles as prescribed by SUBSECTION K of this section. If the generalvoter electionhas forprovided the twovoter's mosttelephone recentor generalmobile electionsphone fornumber federalor office.email address to the county recorder, the county recorder may additionally provide the notice to the voter by telephone call, text message or email. The notice shall inform the voter that if the voter wishes to remain on the active early voting list, the voter shall do both of the following with the notice received:
The notice shall inform the voter that if the voter wishes to remain on the early voting list, the voter shall do both of the following with the notice received:
Confirm in writing the voter's desire to remain on the active early voting list.
Return the completed notice to the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections within thirtyninety days after the notice is sent to the voter.
If a voter receives a notice as prescribed by subsection l of this section and the voter fails to respond within the thirty-dayninety-day period, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall remove the voter's name from the active early voting list.
A candidate, political committee or other organization may distribute permanent active early voting list request forms to voters.
If the permanent active early voting list request forms include a printed address for return, that address shall be the political subdivision that will conduct the election. election. Failure to use the political subdivision as the return addressee is punishable by a civil penalty of up to three times the cost of the production and distribution of the permanent early voting list request.
Failure to use the political subdivision as the return addressee is punishable by a civil penalty of up to three times the cost of the production and distribution of the permanent active early voting list request.
All original and completed permanent active early voting list request forms that are received by a candidate, political committee or other organization shall be submitted within six business days after receipt by a candidate or political committee or eleven days before the election day, whichever is earlier, to the political subdivision that will conduct the election. election. Any person, political committee or other organization that fails to submit a completed permanent early voting list request form within the prescribed time is subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five dollars $25 per day for each completed form withheld from submittal. Any person who knowingly fails to submit a completed permanent early voting list request form before the submission deadline for the election immediately following the completion of the form is guilty of a class 6 felony.
Any person, political committee or other organization that fails to submit a completed permanent active early voting list request form within the prescribed time is subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five dollars $25 per day for each completed form withheld from submittal.
Any person who knowingly fails to submit a completed permanent active early voting list request form before the submission deadline for the election immediately following the completion of the form is guilty of a class 6 felony.
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For the purposes of this section, "election cycle" means the two-year period beginning on January in the year after a statewide general election or, for cities and towns, the two-year period beginning on the first day of the calendar quarter after the calendar quarter in which the city's or town's second, runoff or general election is scheduled and ending on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the city's or town's immediately following second, runoff or general election is scheduled, however that election is designated by the city or town.
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Declaration of statewide concern;
election integrity The Legislature finds and determines that integrity in all elections in this state is a matter of statewide concern and further declares that a person who requests to be on the active early voting list and who repeatedly fails to vote with the ballots that are mailed out by the county recorder increases the likelihood of fraudulent use of those unvoted ballots, and that the maintenance of an accurate active early voting list is therefore essential to maintaining the integrity of this state's elections.
Sec. 8.
Severability If a provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 11, 2021.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 11, 2021.
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Action History
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Transmit to Governor
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Senate First Reading
Sponsors
- Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 92 not signed on · 74 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita Voted No
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (92)
92 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 92 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 53% | 47% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (30)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Christine Marsh | — | Nay |
| Jamescita Peshlakai | — | Nay |
| Juan Mendez | — | Nay |
| Karen Fann | — | Yea |
| Kelly Townsend | — | Yea |
| Kirsten Engel | — | Nay |
| Lisa Otondo | — | Nay |
| Martin Quezada | — | Nay |
| Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita | — | Yea |
| Nancy Barto | — | Yea |
| Paul Boyer | — | Yea |
| Rebecca Rios | — | Nay |
| Rick Gray | — | Yea |
| Rosanna Gabaldon | — | Nay |
| Sean Bowie | — | Nay |
| Sine Kerr | — | Yea |
| Sonny Borrelli | — | Yea |
| Tony Navarrete | — | Nay |
| Tyler Pace | — | Yea |
| Victoria Steele | — | Nay |
| Lela Alston | Democrat | Nay |
| Lupe Contreras | Democrat | Nay |
| Sally Ann Gonzales | Democrat | Nay |
| David Gowan | Republican | Yea |
| David Livingston | Republican | Yea |
| J.D. Mesnard | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas "T.J." Shope | Republican | Yea |
| Venden "Vince" Leach | Republican | Yea |
| Warren Petersen | Republican | Yea |
| Wendy Rogers | Republican | Yea |
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 47% | 53% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (30)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Christine Marsh | — | Nay |
| Jamescita Peshlakai | — | Nay |
| Juan Mendez | — | Nay |
| Karen Fann | — | Yea |
| Kelly Townsend | — | Nay |
| Kirsten Engel | — | Nay |
| Lisa Otondo | — | Nay |
| Martin Quezada | — | Nay |
| Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita | — | Nay |
| Nancy Barto | — | Yea |
| Paul Boyer | — | Yea |
| Rebecca Rios | — | Nay |
| Rick Gray | — | Yea |
| Rosanna Gabaldon | — | Nay |
| Sean Bowie | — | Nay |
| Sine Kerr | — | Yea |
| Sonny Borrelli | — | Yea |
| Tony Navarrete | — | Nay |
| Tyler Pace | — | Yea |
| Victoria Steele | — | Nay |
| Lela Alston | Democrat | Nay |
| Lupe Contreras | Democrat | Nay |
| Sally Ann Gonzales | Democrat | Nay |
| David Gowan | Republican | Yea |
| David Livingston | Republican | Yea |
| J.D. Mesnard | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas "T.J." Shope | Republican | Yea |
| Venden "Vince" Leach | Republican | Yea |
| Warren Petersen | Republican | Yea |
| Wendy Rogers | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 48% | 52% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (60)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 52% | 48% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (60)
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 53% | 47% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (30)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Marsh | — | Nay |
| Jamescita Peshlakai | — | Nay |
| Juan Mendez | — | Nay |
| Karen Fann | — | Yea |
| Kelly Townsend | — | Yea |
| Kirsten Engel | — | Nay |
| Lisa Otondo | — | Nay |
| Martin Quezada | — | Nay |
| Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita | — | Yea |
| Nancy Barto | — | Yea |
| Paul Boyer | — | Yea |
| Rebecca Rios | — | Nay |
| Rick Gray | — | Yea |
| Rosanna Gabaldon | — | Nay |
| Sean Bowie | — | Nay |
| Sine Kerr | — | Yea |
| Sonny Borrelli | — | Yea |
| Tony Navarrete | — | Nay |
| Tyler Pace | — | Yea |
| Victoria Steele | — | Nay |
| Lela Alston | Democrat | Nay |
| Lupe Contreras | Democrat | Nay |
| Sally Ann Gonzales | Democrat | Nay |
| David Gowan | Republican | Yea |
| David Livingston | Republican | Yea |
| J.D. Mesnard | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas "T.J." Shope | Republican | Yea |
| Venden "Vince" Leach | Republican | Yea |
| Warren Petersen | Republican | Yea |
| Wendy Rogers | Republican | Yea |
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
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- Who sponsors SB 1485?
- SB 1485 is sponsored by Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita.
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 28, 2021. Enacted.
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