Bill Text: AZ HB2133 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Countywide elections; vote by mail

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-22 - Referred to House ELECT Committee [HB2133 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2133-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: countywide elections; vote by mail

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HB 2133

 

Introduced by

Representative Shope

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 16-409, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to conduct of elections.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 16-409, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-409.  Certain counties; cities, towns and school districts; mail ballot elections; report

A.  Notwithstanding section 16‑558, a county, city, town or school district may conduct a mail ballot election.  A county may conduct a mail ballot election for any elections administered by that county, including elections administered for federal and state offices and measures, and elections administered for the county, cities, towns, school districts and special districts and for any other jurisdiction's elections administered by that county.  A countywide mail ballot election may be conducted only after a vote of approval by the county board of supervisors for that county.  A mail ballot election shall be conducted as otherwise prescribed by article 8.1 of this chapter.

B.  Counties, cities, towns or school districts that conduct mail ballot elections pursuant to subsection A of this section shall report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives by January 1 of each year immediately following a mail ballot election.  The report shall include the following:

1.  Changes in voter turnout.

2.  Relative costs of mail ballot elections compared to traditional elections.

3.  Suggestions for improvements or refinements in the mail ballot program.

4.  Frequency and severity of mail ballot irregularities.

5.  Voter satisfaction with the election process.

6.  Number of nondeliverable ballots. END_STATUTE