SB 1105 — early ballots; election day tabulation

BillSenate Number:Engrossed early ballots;

S.B.election day tabulation State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session SENATE BILL 1105 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 16-579.01 AND 16-579.02, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

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ExemptsSection a1. county that tabulates election day ballots at a central location and does not otherwise tabulate election day ballots on-site at a polling location or a voting center from the requirement for each county recorder or other officer in charge of elections to provide on-site tabulation for early ballots.

Section 16-579.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

16-579.01.

Early ballots;

on-site tabulation A.

Every county recorder or other COUNTY officer in charge of elections may SHALL provide for a qualified elector who appears at that elector's designated polling location or at a voting center on election day with the elector's voted early ballot to have the elector's voted early ballot tabulated as prescribed in section 16-579.02.

B.

The county recorder or other COUNTY officer in charge of elections shall do all of the following if FOR the on-site tabulation of early ballots is allowed:

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Designate an area within a precinct or voting center for processing electors with their voted early ballots that is physically separate from the area for voters who are voting pursuant to section 16-579.

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AN/srTHIS -SECTION 1DOES -NOT APPLY TO A COUNTY THAT TABULATES ELECTION DAY BALLOTS AT A CENTRAL LOCATION AND THAT DOES NOT OTHERWISE TABULATE ELECTION DAY BALLOTS ON-SITE AT A POLLING LOCATION OR VOTING CENTER.

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Section 16-579.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

16-579.02.

Election day early ballot on-site tabulation procedure;

fund A.

A qualified elector who appears at a COUNTY voting center or at the elector's designated polling place that allows PROVIDES for the on-site tabulation of early ballots PURSUANT TO SECTION 16-579.01 with the elector's voted early ballot shall present identification as prescribed in section 16-579, subsection A, paragraph 1 and proceed as follows:

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If the elector does not present identification that complies with section 16-579, subsection A, paragraph 1, the elector shall either deposit the elector's voted early ballot in its affidavit envelope in an official drop box or proceed to the area designated for election day voting to surrender the early ballot to the election board for retention and not for tabulating.

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1105 provisional ballot as prescribed in section 16-584.

An election official may not allow for the on-site tabulation of an early ballot if the elector does not present identification that complies with section 16-579, subsection A, paragraph 1.

2.

If the elector presents sufficient identification to comply with section 16-579, subsection A, paragraph 1, the elector shall present the elector's early ballot affidavit to the election official in charge of the signature roster, and the election official shall confirm that the name and address on the completed affidavit reasonably appear to be the same as the name and address on the precinct register.

3.

If the elector's affidavit is not complete, the election official in charge of the signature roster shall allow the elector to complete the affidavit.

The election official may not allow for the on-site tabulation of an early ballot until the elector presents a completed early ballot affidavit.