SB 1097 — elections; voting centers; polling places

REFERENCESenate TITLE:Engrossed elections;

elections;

polling places State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session SBSENATE BILL 1097 IntroducedAN byACT SenatorAMENDING Hoffman:SECTIONS 15-801, 16-411 AND 16-531, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

Representatives Chaplik, Hendrix, Keshel AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 15-801, 16-411 AND 16-531, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - SBS.B. 1097 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

1097 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

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- 2 - SBS.B. 1097 (c) If an emergency voting center established pursuant to this section becomes unavailable and there is not sufficient time for the board of supervisors to convene to approve an alternate location for that emergency voting center, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections may make changes to the approved emergency voting center location and shall notify the public and the board of supervisors regarding that change as soon as practicable.

1097 (c) If an emergency voting center established pursuant to this section becomes unavailable and there is not sufficient time for the board of supervisors to convene to approve an alternate location for that emergency voting center, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections may make changes to the approved emergency voting center location and shall notify the public and the board of supervisors regarding that change as soon as practicable.

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For the purposes of this section, a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall designate a polling place as an emergency polling place and thus prohibit persons from electioneering and engaging in other political activity outside of the seventy-five foot - 4 - SBS.B. 1097 limit prescribed by section 16-515 but inside the property of the facility that is hosting the polling place if any of the following occurs:

1097 limit prescribed by section 16-515 but inside the property of the facility that is hosting the polling place if any of the following occurs:

In each precinct where the - 5 - SBS.B. 1097 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.

1097 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.

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 - 6 - SBS.B. 1097 two judges who are appointed in the same manner by party as provided in subsection A of this section.

1097 two judges who are appointed in the same manner by party as provided in subsection A of this section.