ballot receptacles; electioneering limits

HB2219 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� JAN 12 2026

REFERENCE TITLE:
ballot receptacles; electioneering limits

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2219

Introduced by

Representatives
Garcia: Sandoval, Simacek

AN
ACT

amending sections 16-515, 16-1017
and 16-1018, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the conduct of
elections.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 16-515, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-515.

"Seventy-five foot limit" notices; posting; violation;
classification

A. Except as prescribed in this section and section
16-580, a person shall not be allowed to remain inside the seventy-five
foot limit
for each voting location
while the polls are
open
and for each designated ballot receptacle while accessible
to the public
, except for the purpose of voting, and except
the

for
election officials, one
representative at any one time of each political party represented on the
ballot who has been appointed by the county chairman of that political party
and the challengers allowed by law
.�
, and
no
Electioneering may
not
occur within the seventy-five
foot limit. Voters having cast their ballots shall promptly move
outside the seventy-five foot limit.

B. The board of supervisors shall furnish
for each designated ballot receptacle and
, with the ballots
for each polling place, three notices, printed in letters not less than two
inches high, with the heading: "Seventy-five foot
limit" and underneath that heading the following:

No person shall be allowed to remain inside these limits
while the polls are open, except for the purpose of voting, and except the
election officials, one representative at any one time of each political party
represented on the ballot who has been appointed by the county chairman of such
political party, and the challengers allowed by law. Voters having
cast their ballots shall at once retire without the seventy-five foot
limit. A person violating any provision of this notice is guilty of
a class 2 misdemeanor.

C. A minor voting in a simulated election at a
polling place is subject to the same seventy-five foot limit restrictions
prescribed for a voter. Persons supervising or working in a
simulated election in which minors vote may remain within the seventy-five
foot limit of the polling place.� The inspector for the polling place shall
exercise authority over all election and simulated election related activities
at the polling place.

D. For an election that is held by an Indian tribe
and that is held at a polling place at the same time and on the same date as
any other election,
both of
the following apply:

1. A person who is voting is subject to the same
seventy-five foot limit restrictions prescribed for other voters.

2. An election official for the tribal election may
remain within the seventy-five foot limit for the polling place.

E. With the permission of the voter, a minor may
enter and remain within the seventy-five foot limit in order to accompany
a voter into a polling place, an on-site early voting facility and a
voting booth while the voter is voting.

F. Notwithstanding any other law, an election
official, a representative of a political party who has been appointed by the
county chairman of that political party or a challenger who is authorized by
law to be within the seventy-five foot limit as prescribed by this section
shall not wear, carry or display materials that identify or express support for
or opposition to a candidate, a political party or organization, a ballot
question or any other political issue and shall not electioneer within the
seventy-five foot limit of a polling place
or designated ballot
receptacle
.

G. Notwithstanding section 16-1018, a person may not
take photographs or videos while within the seventy-five foot limit.

H.
Any

A
person

violating

who violates
this section
is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

I. For the purposes of this section, electioneering
occurs when an individual knowingly, intentionally, by verbal expression and in
order to induce or compel another person to vote in a particular manner or to
refrain from voting expresses support for or opposition to a candidate who
appears on the ballot in that election, a ballot question that appears on the
ballot in that election or a political party with one or more candidates who
appear on the ballot in that election.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 16-1017, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-1017.

Unlawful acts by voters with respect to voting; classification

A voter who knowingly commits any of the following acts is
guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor:

1. Makes a false statement as to the voter's
inability to mark a ballot.

2. Interferes with a voter within the seventy-five
foot limit of the polling place as posted by the election marshal
, within the seventy-five foot limit of a designated ballot
receptacle
or within seventy-five feet of the main outside
entrance to an on-site early voting location established by a county
recorder pursuant to section 16-542, subsection A.

3. Endeavors while within the seventy-five
foot limit for a polling place
, designated ballot receptacle

or on-site early voting location to induce a voter to vote for or against
a particular candidate or issue.

4.
Prior to

Before

the close of an election defaces or destroys a sample ballot posted by
election officers
,
or defaces, tears down, removes
or destroys a card of instructions posted for the instruction of voters.

5. Removes or destroys supplies or conveniences
furnished to enable a voter to prepare the voter's ballot.

6. Hinders the voting of others.

7. Votes in a county in which the voter no longer
resides, except as provided in section 16-125.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Section 16-1018, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
16-1018.

Additional unlawful acts by persons with respect to voting;
classification

A person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a
class 2 misdemeanor:

1. Knowingly electioneers on election day within a
polling place
or within the SEVENTY-five foot limit for a
designated ballot receptacle
or in a public manner within seventy-five
feet of the main outside entrance of a polling place or on-site early
voting location established by a county recorder pursuant to section 16-542,
subsection A.

2. Intentionally disables or removes from the
polling place, on-site early voting location or custody of an election
official a voting machine or a voting record.

3. Knowingly removes an official ballot from a
polling place before closing the polls.

4. Shows another voter's ballot to any person after
it is prepared for voting in such a manner as to reveal the contents, except to
an authorized person lawfully assisting the voter.� A voter who makes available
an image of the voter's own ballot by posting on the internet or in some other
electronic medium is deemed to have consented to retransmittal of that image
and that retransmittal does not constitute a violation of this section.

5. Knowingly solicits a voter to show the voter's
ballot, or receives from a voter a ballot prepared for voting, unless the
person is an election official or unless otherwise authorized by law.

6. Knowingly receives an official ballot from a
person other than an election official having charge of the ballots.

7. Knowingly delivers an official ballot to a voter,
unless the voter is an election official.

8. Except for a completed ballot transmitted by an
elector by fax or other electronic format pursuant to section 16-543,
knowingly places a mark on the voter's ballot by which it can be identified as
the one voted by the voter.

9. After having received a ballot as a voter,
knowingly fails to return the ballot to the election official before leaving
the polling place or on-site early voting location.
END_STATUTE