HB 2585 — military poll workers; party representatives

REFERENCEFifty-sixth TITLE:Legislature Municipal Oversight & Elections Second Regular Session H.B.

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BiasiucciJH/ls AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 16-531 AND 16-590, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

RELATING TO CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - HB 2585 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.

Section 16-531, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

16-531.

Appointment of election boards;

qualifications A.

When an election is ordered, and not less than twenty days before a general or primary election, the board of supervisors shall appoint for each election precinct, voting center or other voting location one inspector, one marshal, two judges and as many clerks of election as deemed necessary.

The inspector, marshal, judges and clerks shall be qualified voters of the precinct for which appointed, except if there is not a sufficient number of persons available to provide the number of appointments required, the inspector, marshal, judges and clerks shall be qualified voters of this state.

The inspector, marshal and judges shall not have changed their political party affiliation or their no party preference affiliation since the last preceding general election, and if they are members of the two political parties that cast the highest number of votes in the state at the last preceding general election, they shall be divided equally between these two parties.

There shall be an equal number of inspectors in the various precincts in the county who are members of the two largest political parties.

In each precinct where the inspector is a member of one of the two largest political parties, the marshal in that precinct shall be a member of the other of the two largest political parties.

Whenever possible, any person appointed as an inspector shall have had previous experience as an inspector, judge, marshal or clerk of elections.

If there is no qualified person in a given precinct, the appointment of an inspector may be made from names provided by the county party chairman.

If not less than ninety days before the election the chairman of the county committee of either of the parties designates qualified voters of the precinct, or of another precinct if there are not sufficient members of that party available in the precinct to provide the necessary representation on the election board as judge, such designated qualified voters shall be appointed.

The judges, together with the inspector, shall constitute the board of elections.

Any registered voter in the election precinct, or in another election precinct if there are not sufficient persons available in the election precinct for which the clerks are being appointed, may be appointed as clerk.

B.

If the election precinct consists of fewer than three hundred qualified electors, the board of supervisors may appoint not fewer than one inspector and two judges.

The board of supervisors shall give notice of election precincts consisting of fewer than three hundred qualified electors to the county chairmen of the two largest political parties not later than thirty days before the election.

The inspector and judges shall be appointed in the same manner by party as provided in subsection A of this section.

- 1 - HB 2585 C.

If a nonpartisan election is ordered, not less than twenty days before the election the governing board holding the election shall appoint, without consideration for political party, a minimum of AT LEAST three election workers for each polling place.

The election workers shall consist of at least one inspector and two judges.

Whenever possible, they shall be qualified electors of the precinct located within the district, without consideration for political party.

D.

For election boards established pursuant to subsection B of this section, the inspector and two judges shall be appointed to provide as equal as practicable representation of members of the two largest political parties on the board in the same manner as provided for the election boards prescribed by subsection A of this section.

Any registered voter in the election precinct, or in another election precinct if there are not sufficient persons available in the election precinct for which the clerks are being appointed, may be appointed as clerk.

No United States, state, county or precinct officer, nor a candidate for office at the election, other than a precinct committeeman or a candidate for the office of precinct committeeman, is qualified to act as judge, inspector, marshal or clerk.

E.

If an electronic voting system is in use the write-in ballots shall be tallied by a board of elections consisting of one inspector and two judges who are appointed in the same manner by party as provided in subsection A of this section.

F.

Notwithstanding any other law, the board of supervisors may appoint to an election board to serve as a clerk of election a person who is not eligible to vote if all of the following conditions are met:

1.

The person is a minor who will be at least sixteen years of age at the time of the election for which the person is named to the election board.

2.