SB 1330 — on-site ballot tabulation; secured containers

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1330 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.

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

1.

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 BALLOT 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.

The elector shall then be allowed to vote a 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.

MakesIf technicalthe changes.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.

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AN/slpIf -the 1elector's -affidavit is complete, the elector's name shall be numbered consecutively by the clerk and in the order of application for early ballot tabulation.

C.

For precincts in which a paper signature roster is used, each qualified elector shall sign the elector's name in the signature roster as prescribed in section 16-579, subsection D before proceeding to the tabulating equipment.

D.

For precincts in which an electronic pollbook is used, each qualified elector shall sign the elector's name as prescribed in section 16-579, subsection E before proceeding to the tabulating equipment.

E.

After signing the signature roster or electronic pollbook, the elector shall proceed to the tabulating equipment and, while under the observation of an election official, remove the early ballot from the completed affidavit envelope, deposit the empty completed affidavit - 1 - S.B.

1330 envelope in the secured and labeled drop box CONTAINER FOR THAT PURPOSE and insert the early ballot into a tabulating machine.

An early ballot that has been separated from the elector's completed affidavit envelope may not be removed from the on-site early ballot tabulation area.

F.

The drop box CONTAINER prescribed in subsection E of this section shall be clearly labeled to indicate that the completed affidavits are from ballots tabulated pursuant to this section and shall be secured in a manner substantially similar to other ballot boxes at that location.

G.

Any qualified elector who lawfully brings to a polling place or voting center another elector's voted early ballot that is sealed in its affidavit envelope shall deposit the other elector's voted early ballot in the appropriate ballot drop box before entering the on-site early ballot tabulation area for purposes of tabulating the elector's own early ballot.

The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall ensure that a voter is not in possession of another voter's ballot within the on-site early ballot tabulation area.

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