Bill Text: AZ SB1217 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Election procedures manual; submittals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-30 - Senate read second time [SB1217 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2023-SB1217-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: election procedures manual; submittals |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SB 1217 |
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Introduced by Senator Shope
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An Act
amending section 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to conduct of elections.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-452. Rules; instructions and procedures manual; approval of manual; field check and review of systems; violation; classification
A. After consultation with each county board of supervisors, county recorder or and other officer officers in charge of elections, the secretary of state shall prescribe rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, uniformity and efficiency on the procedures for early voting and voting, and of producing, distributing, collecting, counting, tabulating and storing ballots. The secretary of state shall also adopt rules regarding fax transmittal of unvoted ballots, ballot requests, voted ballots and other election materials to and from absent uniformed and overseas citizens and shall adopt rules regarding internet receipt of requests for federal postcard applications prescribed by section 16-543.
B. The rules shall be prescribed in an official instructions and procedures manual to be issued not later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the general election. Before its issuance, the secretary of state shall post the draft manual on the SECRETARY of state's website, provide an opportunity for submitting public comment on the draft MANUAL and post those comments on the SECRETARY of state's website. The draft manual shall be approved by the governor and the attorney general. The secretary of state shall submit the draft manual to the governor and the attorney general not later than October 1 of the year before each general election.
C. If the governor or the attorney general, or both, fail to approve the draft manual by December 31 of the year before the general election or the secretary of state does not submit a draft manual for approval, the most recently approved official instructions and procedures manual remains in effect. beginning in January of the even-numbered year, if a new manual is not issued and approved, the secretary of state shall provide an annotated version of the previous official manual that reflects any new or revised laws and applicable court decisions. The secretary of state shall continue to provide an annotated version of the previous official manual each year until a new manual is approved.
C. D. A person who violates any rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
D. E. The secretary of state shall provide personnel who are experts in electronic voting systems and procedures and in electronic voting system security to field check and review electronic voting systems and recommend needed statutory and procedural changes.
