voting centers ban; precinct size

HB2366 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
voting centers ban; precinct size

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2366

Introduced by

Representatives
Keshel: Carter P, Chaplik, Fink, Gillette, Heap, Hendrix, Kolodin, Marshall,
Martinez, Pingerelli, Way

AN
ACT

amending sections 16-411, 16-531,
16-542, 16-579.01, 16-579.02, 16-1017 and 16-1018,
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 16-411, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-411.

Designation of election precincts and polling places;
electioneering; wait times

A. The board of supervisors of each county, on or
before October 1 of each year preceding the year of a general election, by an
order, shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the county
and define the boundaries of the precincts as follows:

1. The election precinct boundaries shall be
established so as to be included within election districts prescribed by law
for elected officers of the state and its political subdivisions, including
community college district precincts, except those elected officers provided
for in titles 30 and 48.
At the time election
precincts are designated, an election precinct may not contain more than two
thousand five hundred registered voters.

2. If after October 1 of the year preceding the year
of a general election the board of supervisors must further adjust precinct
boundaries due to the redistricting of election districts as prescribed by law
and to comply with this subsection, the board of supervisors shall adjust these
precinct boundaries as soon as is practicable.

B. At least twenty days before a general or primary
election, and at least ten days before a special election, the board shall
designate one polling place within each precinct where the election shall be
held, except that:

1. On a specific finding of the board, included in
the order or resolution designating polling places pursuant to this subsection,
that no suitable polling place is available within a precinct, a polling place
for that precinct may be designated within an adjacent precinct.

2. Adjacent precincts may be combined if boundaries
so established are included in election districts prescribed by law for state
elected officials and political subdivisions including community college
districts but not including elected officials prescribed by titles 30 and
48. The officer in charge of elections may also split a precinct for
administrative purposes.� The polling places shall be listed in separate
sections of the order or resolution.

3. On a specific finding of the board that the
number of persons who are listed as early voters pursuant to section 16-544
and who are not expected to have their ballots tabulated at the polling place
as prescribed in section 16-579.02 is likely to substantially reduce the
number of voters appearing at one or more specific polling places at that
election, adjacent precincts may be consolidated by combining polling places
and precinct boards for that election. The board of supervisors
shall ensure that a reasonable and adequate number of polling places will be
designated for that election.� Any consolidated polling places shall be listed
in separate sections of the order or resolution of the board.

4.
On a specific resolution of the
board,
The board
of supervisors
may
not
authorize the use of voting centers in place of or in
addition to specifically designated polling places.
A
voting center shall allow any voter in that county to receive the appropriate
ballot for that voter on election day after presenting identification as
prescribed in section 16-579 and to lawfully cast the
ballot. Voting centers may be established in coordination and
consultation with the county recorder, at other county offices or at other
locations in the county deemed appropriate.

5. On a specific resolution of the
board of supervisors that is limited to a specific election date and that is
voted on by a recorded vote, the board may authorize the county recorder or
other officer in charge of elections to use emergency voting centers as
follows:

(a) The board shall specify in the
resolution the location and the hours of operation of the emergency voting
centers.

(b) A qualified elector voting at an
emergency voting center shall provide identification as prescribed in section
16-579, except that notwithstanding section 16-579, subsection A,
paragraph 2, for any voting at an emergency voting center, the county recorder
or other officer in charge of elections may allow a qualified elector to update
the elector's voter registration information as provided for in the secretary
of state's instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452.

(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. The alternate emergency voting
center shall be as close in proximity to the approved emergency voting center
location as possible.

C. If the board fails to designate the place for
holding the election, or if it cannot be held at or about the place designated,
the justice of the peace in the precinct, two days before the election, by an
order, copies of which the justice of the peace shall immediately post in three
public places in the precinct, shall designate the place within the precinct
for holding the election. If there is no justice of the peace in the
precinct, or if the justice of the peace fails to do so, the election board of
the precinct shall designate and give notice of the place within the precinct
of holding the election. For any election in which there are no
candidates for elected office appearing on the ballot, the board may
consolidate polling places and precinct boards and may consolidate the
tabulation of results for that election if all of the following apply:

1. All affected voters are notified by mail of the
change at least thirty-three days before the election.

2. Notice of the change in polling places includes
notice of the new voting location, notice of the hours for voting on election
day and notice of the telephone number to call for voter assistance.

3. All affected voters receive information on early
voting that includes the application used to request an early voting ballot.

D. The board is not required to designate a polling
place for special district mail ballot elections held pursuant to article 8.1
of this chapter, but the board may designate one or more sites for voters to
deposit marked ballots until 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

E. Except as provided in subsection F of this
section, a public school shall provide sufficient space for use as a polling
place for any city, county or state election when requested by the officer in
charge of elections.

F. The principal of the school may deny a request to
provide space for use as a polling place for any city, county or state election
if, within two weeks after a request has been made, the principal provides a
written statement indicating a reason the election cannot be held in the
school, including any of the following:

1. Space is not available at the school.

2. The safety or welfare of the children would be
jeopardized.

G. Beginning in 2026, the department of
administration shall coordinate with state agencies and counties to provide
available and appropriate state-owned facilities for use as a voting
location for any city, county or state election when requested by the officer
in charge of elections.

H. The board shall make available to the public as a
public record a list of the polling places for all precincts in which the
election is to be held.

I. Except in the case of an emergency, any facility
that is used as a polling place on election day
or that is used
as an early voting site during the period of early voting
shall allow
persons to electioneer and engage in other political activity outside of the
seventy-five foot limit prescribed by section 16-515 in public
areas and parking lots used by voters. This subsection does not
allow the temporary or permanent construction of structures in public areas and
parking lots or the blocking or other impairment of access to parking spaces
for voters.� The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall
post on its website at least two weeks before election day a list of those
polling places in which emergency conditions prevent electioneering and shall
specify the reason the emergency designation was granted and the number of
attempts that were made to find a polling place before granting an emergency
designation. If the polling place is not on the website list of
polling places with emergency designations, electioneering and other political
activity shall be allowed outside of the seventy-five foot
limit. If an emergency arises after the county recorder or other
officer in charge of elections' initial website posting, the county recorder or
other officer in charge of elections shall update the website as soon as is
practicable to include any new polling places, shall highlight the polling
place location on the website and shall specify the reason the emergency
designation was granted and the number of attempts that were made to find a
polling place before granting an emergency designation.

J. 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 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:

1. An act of God renders a previously set polling
place as unusable.

2. A county recorder or other officer in charge of
elections has exhausted all options and there are no suitable facilities in a
precinct that are willing to be a polling place unless a facility can be given
an emergency designation.

K. The secretary of state shall provide through the
instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452 the
maximum allowable wait time for any election that is subject to section 16-204
and provide for a method to reduce voter wait time at the polls in the primary
and general elections. The method shall consider at least all of the
following for primary and general elections in each precinct:

1. The number of ballots voted in the prior primary
and general elections.

2. The number of registered voters who voted early
in the prior primary and general elections.

3. The number of registered voters and the number of
registered voters who cast an early ballot for the current primary or general
election.

4. The number of registered voters whose early
ballots were tabulated on-site as prescribed in section 16-579.02
in the prior primary and general elections.

5. The number of election board members and clerks
and the number of rosters that will reduce voter wait time at the polls.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 16-531, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-531.

Appointment of election boards; qualifications

A. When an election is ordered, and not less than
twenty days before a general or primary election, the board of supervisors
shall appoint for each election precinct
, voting center or other
voting location
one inspector, one marshal, two judges and as many
clerks of election as deemed necessary. The inspector, marshal,
judges and clerks shall be qualified voters of the precinct for which
appointed, except if there is not a sufficient number of persons available to
provide the number of appointments required, the inspector, marshal, judges and
clerks shall be qualified voters of this state. The inspector,
marshal and judges shall not have changed their political party affiliation or
their no party preference affiliation since the last preceding general
election, and if they are members of the two political parties that cast the
highest number of votes in the state at the last preceding general election,
they shall be divided equally between these two parties. There shall
be an equal number of inspectors in the various precincts in the county who are
members of the two largest political parties. In each precinct where
the 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. Whenever possible, any person appointed as an
inspector shall have had previous experience as an inspector, judge, marshal or
clerk of elections. If there is no qualified person in a given precinct,
the appointment of an inspector may be made from names provided by the county
party chairman. If not less than ninety days before the election the
chairman of the county committee of either of the parties designates qualified
voters of the precinct, or of another precinct if there are not sufficient
members of that party available in the precinct to provide the necessary
representation on the election board as judge, such designated qualified voters
shall be appointed. The judges, together with the inspector, shall
constitute the board of elections. Any registered voter in the
election precinct, or in another election precinct if there are not sufficient
persons available in the election precinct for which the clerks are being
appointed, may be appointed as clerk.

B. If the election precinct consists of fewer than
three hundred qualified electors, the board of supervisors may appoint not
fewer than one inspector and two judges. The board of supervisors
shall give notice of election precincts consisting of fewer than three hundred
qualified electors to the county chairmen of the two largest political parties
not later than thirty days before the election. The inspector and
judges shall be appointed in the same manner by party as provided in subsection
A of this section.

C. If a nonpartisan election is ordered, not less
than twenty days before the election the governing board holding the election
shall appoint, without consideration for political party,
a
minimum of
at least
three election workers for
each polling place. The election workers shall consist of at least
one inspector and two judges. Whenever possible, they shall be
qualified electors of the precinct located within the district, without consideration
for political party.

D. For election
boards established pursuant to subsection B of this section, the inspector and
two judges shall be appointed to provide as equal as practicable representation
of members of the two largest political parties on the board in the same manner
as provided for the election boards prescribed by subsection A of this
section. Any registered voter in the election precinct, or in
another election precinct if there are not sufficient persons available in the
election precinct for which the clerks are being appointed, may be appointed as
clerk. No United States, state, county or precinct officer, nor a
candidate for office at the election, other than a precinct committeeman or a
candidate for the office of precinct committeeman, is qualified to act as
judge, inspector, marshal or clerk.

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

F. Notwithstanding any other law, the board of
supervisors may appoint to an election board to serve as a clerk of election a
person who is not eligible to vote if all of the following conditions are met:

1. The person is a minor who will be at least
sixteen years of age at the time of the election for which the person is named
to the election board.

2. The person is a citizen of the United States at
the time of the election for which the person is named to the election board.

3. The person is supervised by an adult who has been
trained as an elections officer.

4. The person has received training provided by the
officer in charge of elections.

5. The parent or guardian of the person has provided
written permission for the person to serve.

G. A school district or charter school shall not be
required to reduce its average daily membership, as defined in section 15-901,
for any pupil who is absent from one or more instructional programs as a result
of the pupil's service on an election board pursuant to subsection F of this
section.

H. A school district or charter school shall not
count any pupil's absence from one or more instructional programs as a result
of the pupil's service on an election board pursuant to subsection F of this
section against any mandatory attendance requirements for the pupil.

I. This section does not prevent the board of
supervisors or governing body from refusing for cause to reappoint, or from
removing for cause, an election board member.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Section 16-542, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-542.

Request for ballot; civil penalties; violation; classification

A. Within ninety-three days before any
election called pursuant to the laws of this state, an elector may make a
verbal or signed request to the county recorder, or other officer in charge of
elections for the applicable political subdivision of this state in whose jurisdiction
the elector is registered to vote, for an official early ballot.� In addition
to name and address, the requesting elector shall provide the date of birth and
state or country of birth or other information that if compared to the voter
registration information on file would confirm the identity of the
elector. If the request indicates that the elector needs a primary
election ballot and a general election ballot, the county recorder or other
officer in charge of elections shall honor the request.� For any partisan
primary election, if the elector is not registered as a member of a political
party that is entitled to continued representation on the ballot pursuant to
section 16-804, the elector shall designate the ballot of only one of the
political parties that is entitled to continued representation on the ballot
and the elector may receive and vote the ballot of only that one political
party, which also shall include any nonpartisan offices and ballot questions,
or the elector shall designate the ballot for nonpartisan offices and ballot
questions only and the elector may receive and vote the ballot that contains
only nonpartisan offices and ballot questions. The county recorder
or other officer in charge of elections shall process any request for an early
ballot for a municipal election pursuant to this subsection.
The county recorder may establish on-site early voting locations
at the recorder's office, which shall be open and available for use beginning
the same day that a county begins to send out the early ballots. The
county recorder may also establish any other early voting locations in the
county the recorder deems necessary.� Any on-site early voting location or
other early voting location shall require each elector to present
identification as prescribed in section 16-579 before receiving a
ballot.� Notwithstanding section 16-579, subsection A, paragraph 2, at
any on-site early voting location or other early voting location the county
recorder or other officer in charge of elections may provide for a qualified
elector to update the elector's voter registration information as provided for
in the secretary of state's instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant
to section 16-452.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a
request for an official early ballot from an absent uniformed services voter or
overseas voter as defined in the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee
voting act (P.L. 99-410; 52 United States Code section 20310) or a voter
whose information is protected pursuant to section 16-153 that is
received by the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections more
than ninety-three days before the election is valid. If
requested by the absent uniformed services or overseas voter, or a voter whose
information is protected pursuant to section 16-153, the county recorder
or other officer in charge of elections shall provide to the requesting voter
early ballot materials through the next regularly scheduled general election
for federal office immediately following receipt of the request unless a different
period of time, which does not exceed the next two regularly scheduled general
elections for federal office, is designated by the voter.

C. The county recorder or other officer in charge of
elections shall mail the early ballot and the envelope for its return postage
prepaid to the address provided by the requesting elector within five days
after receipt of the official early ballots from the officer charged by law
with the duty of preparing ballots pursuant to section 16-545, except
that early ballot distribution shall not begin more than twenty-seven days
before the election. If an early ballot request is received on or
before the thirty-first day before the election, the early ballot shall
be distributed not earlier than the twenty-seventh day before the election and
not later than the twenty-fourth day before the election.

D. Only the elector may be in possession of that
elector's unvoted early ballot. If a complete and correct request is
made by the elector within twenty-seven days before the election, the
mailing must be made within forty-eight hours after receipt of the
request. Saturdays, Sundays and other legal holidays are excluded
from the computation of the forty-eight-hour period prescribed by this
subsection.� If a complete and correct request is made by an absent uniformed
services voter or an overseas voter before the election, the regular early
ballot shall be transmitted by mail, by fax or by other electronic format
approved by the secretary of state within twenty-four hours after the
early ballots are delivered pursuant to section 16-545, subsection B,
excluding Sundays.

E. In order to be complete and correct and to
receive an early ballot by mail, an elector's request that an early ballot be
mailed to the elector's residence or temporary address must include all of the
information prescribed by subsection A of this section and must be received by
the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections not later than 5:00
p.m. on the eleventh day preceding the election.
An
elector who appears personally not later than 7:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding
the election at an on-site early voting location that is established by
the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall be given a
ballot after presenting identification as prescribed in section 16-579
and shall be allowed to vote at the on-site location.� Notwithstanding
section 16-579, subsection A, paragraph 2, at any on-site early voting
location the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections may
provide for a qualified elector to update the elector's voter registration
information as provided for in the secretary of state's instructions and
procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452.
If
an elector's request to receive an early ballot is not complete and correct but
complies with all other requirements of this section, the county recorder or
other officer in charge of elections shall attempt to notify the elector of the
deficiency of the request.

F. Unless an elector specifies that the address to
which an early ballot is to be sent is a temporary address, the recorder may
use the information from an early ballot request form to update voter
registration records.

G. The county recorder or other officer in charge of
early balloting shall provide an alphabetized list of all voters in the
precinct who have requested and have been sent an early ballot to the election
board of the precinct in which the voter is registered not later than the day
before the election.

H. As a result of experiencing an emergency between
7:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election and 5:00 p.m. on the Monday
preceding the election, qualified electors may request to vote in the manner
prescribed by the board of supervisors of their respective
county. Before voting pursuant to this subsection, an elector who
experiences an emergency shall provide identification as prescribed in section
16-579 and shall sign a statement under penalty of perjury that states
that the person is experiencing or experienced an emergency after 7:00 p.m. on
the Friday immediately preceding the election and before 5:00 p.m. on the
Monday immediately preceding the election that would prevent the person from
voting at the polls.� Signed statements received pursuant to this subsection
are not subject to inspection pursuant to title 39, chapter 1, article 2.� For
the purposes of this subsection, "emergency" means any unforeseen
circumstances that would prevent the elector from voting at the polls.

I. Notwithstanding section 16-579, subsection
A, paragraph 2, for any voting pursuant to subsection H of this section, the
county recorder or other officer in charge of elections may allow a qualified
elector to update the elector's voter registration information as provided for
in the secretary of state's instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant
to section 16-452.

J. A candidate, political committee or other
organization may distribute early ballot request forms to voters. If
the early ballot request forms include a printed address for return, the
addressee shall be the political subdivision that will conduct the election.�
Failure to use the political subdivision as the return addressee is punishable
by a civil penalty of up to three times the cost of the production and
distribution of the request.

K. All original and completed early ballot request
forms that are received by a candidate, political committee or other
organization shall be submitted within six business days after receipt by a
candidate, political committee or other organization or eleven days before the
election day, whichever is earlier, to the political subdivision that will
conduct the election. Any person, political committee or other
organization that fails to submit a completed early ballot request form within
the prescribed time is subject to a civil penalty of up to $25 per day for each
completed form withheld from submittal. Any person who knowingly
fails to submit a completed early ballot request form before the submission
deadline for the election immediately following the completion of the form is
guilty of a class 6 felony.

L. Except for a voter who is on the active early
voting list prescribed by section 16-544, a voter who requests a onetime
early ballot pursuant to this section or for an election conducted pursuant to
section 16-409 or article 8.1 of this chapter, a county recorder, city or
town clerk or other election officer may not deliver or mail an early ballot to
a person who has not requested an early ballot for that election.� An election
officer who knowingly violates this subsection is guilty of a class 5 felony.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 4. Section 16-579.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-579.01.

Early ballots; on-site tabulation

A. Every county recorder or other officer in charge
of elections may provide for a qualified elector who appears at that elector's
designated polling location
or at a voting center
on
election day with the elector's voted early ballot to have the elector's voted
early ballot tabulated as prescribed in section 16-579.02.

B. The county recorder or other officer in charge of
elections shall do all of the following if the on-site tabulation of early
ballots is allowed:

1. Designate an area within a precinct
or voting center
for processing electors with their voted early
ballots that is physically separate from the area for voters who are voting
pursuant to section 16-579.

2. Provide adequate poll workers, election officials
and equipment necessary to conduct voting pursuant to this section and section
16-579.02.

3. Categorize and tally separately in the official
canvass and other reports electors whose voted early ballots are tabulated at
the precinct
or voting center
.� The tally shall be
reported by precinct in the official canvass and other voting reports.

4. Reconcile for that polling place
or
voting center
the number of electors who appear on the signature roster
or
e-pollbook

electronic pollbook
with
the number of completed early ballot affidavits and the voted early ballots
tabulated on-site.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Section 16-579.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-579.02.

Election day early ballot on-site tabulation procedure

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 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.

2. If the 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.

3. If the elector's affidavit is not complete, the
election official in charge of the signature roster shall allow the elector to
complete the affidavit. The election official may not allow for the
on-site tabulation of an early ballot until the elector presents a
completed early ballot affidavit.

B. If the elector'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 envelope in the secured and labeled drop box 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 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.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 6. 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
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
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. 7. Section 16-1018, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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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 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.
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