voting centers; board of supervisors

HB2506 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
voting centers; board of supervisors

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2506

Introduced by

Representatives
Stahl Hamilton: Abeytia, Blattman, Cavero, Connolly, Contreras P, Crews, De
Los Santos, Garcia, Gutierrez, Liguori, Simacek, Travers, Villegas

AN
ACT

amending section 16-411, Arizona
Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised
Statutes, by adding section 16-414; amending sections 16-542, 16-558.02
and 16-584, 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 16-411, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-411.

Designation of election precincts and polling places; voting
centers; 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.

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.
only
on a specific
resolution of the board, the board may authorize the
county
recorder or other officer in charge of elections to
use
of

additional types of voting and to determine additional voting
locations as follows:

(
a
)
Voting
centers in place of or in addition to specifically designated polling
places. A voting center
shall allow

is a physical location that allows
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
for an election
. Voting
centers may be established in coordination and consultation with the county
recorder
,

or other officer in charge
of elections
at other county offices or at other locations in the county
deemed appropriate.
On election day, a voting center
is deemed to be a polling place or a polling location and sections 13-3102,
16-515 and 16-579 apply. A voting center may be used as
an early voting location as prescribed by section 16-542 and as a ballot
replacement location as prescribed by section 16-558.02.

(
b
) Early
voting drop-off centers in addition to specifically designated polling
places. An early voting drop-off center is a facility in which
any voter in that county may deliver a voted early ballot to a lawful custodian
of the voted ballot.

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.
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Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-414, to read:

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16-414.

Appointment of voting center election boards; qualifications

A. WHEN AN ELECTION IS ORDERED AND
VOTING CENTERS ARE USED, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHALL APPOINT A VOTING CENTER
ELECTION BOARD FOR EACH VOTING CENTER CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE INSPECTOR, ONE
MARSHAL AND AS MANY JUDGES OR CLERKS AS DEEMED NECESSARY. VOTING
CENTER ELECTION BOARD WORKERS MAY BE HIRED TO WORK SHIFTS AS LONG AS THERE ARE
ALWAYS SUFFICIENT WORKERS PRESENT TO ASSIST VOTERS. INSPECTORS,
MARSHALS, JUDGES AND CLERKS SHALL BE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY, AND
DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES MUST BE REPRESENTED WITHIN EACH voting center
election BOARD. AN EQUAL NUMBER OF INSPECTORS IN THE VARIOUS VOTING
CENTERS IN THE COUNTY shall be MEMBERS OF THE TWO LARGEST POLITICAL PARTIES.

B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY APPOINT A PERSON WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE TO A
VOTING CENTER ELECTION BOARD TO SERVE AS A CLERK OF ELECTIONS ONLY IF ALL OF
THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

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 APPOINTED TO THE VOTING CENTER ELECTION BOARD.

2. THE PERSON IS A CITIZEN OF THE
UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION FOR WHICH THE PERSON IS APPOINTED TO
THE VOTING CENTER ELECTION BOARD.

3. THE PERSON IS SUPERVISED BY AN
ADULT WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED AS A VOTING CENTER ELECTION BOARD WORKER.

4. THE PERSON HAS RECEIVED TRAINING
PROVIDED BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS.

5. THE PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN
HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN PERMISSION FOR THE PERSON TO SERVE.

C. 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 A VOTING CENTER
ELECTION BOARD PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION B OF THIS SECTION.

D. 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 A VOTING
CENTER ELECTION BOARD PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION B OF THIS SECTION AGAINST ANY
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PUPIL.

E. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PREVENT THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS FROM REFUSING TO
REAPPOINT FOR CAUSE, OR FROM REMOVING FOR CAUSE, A VOTING CENTER 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
county
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.
on a specific resolution of the board of
supervisors, the board may authorize
the county recorder
may

or other officer in charge of elections to
also establish
any other early voting locations in the county
the recorder deems

deemed
necessary.�
A county recorder
or other officer in chare of elections may make changes to the approved early
voting locations and shall notify the public and the board of supervisors
regarding these changes as soon as is practicable.� Notwithstanding any other law,
a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections who establishes early
voting locations may continue to operate those early voting locations during
the three-day period immediately preceding election day, except that on-site
early voting shall end as needed to ensure that precinct registers and other
election materials are revised for use on election day to indicate which voters
have requested an early ballot, which voters have already voted and which
voters are on the inactive voter list.�
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.
If
the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections is able to revise
precinct registers and other elections materials in a timely manner for use on
election day as prescribed by subsection A of this section, the county recorder
or other officer in charge of elections may operate the on-site early
voting locations during the three-day period immediately preceding
election day.
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
county

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
and if early voting for that election has
ended in that county
, 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 16-558.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-558.02.

Replacement ballots

A. The county recorder or other officer in charge of
elections shall determine
a central location

one or more locations
in the
district

appropriate jurisdiction
and shall provide for a ballot
replacement center that is as near to
that

each

location as is practicable for electors to obtain a replacement ballot
or for an elector who is listed as inactive to confirm or revise the elector's
voter registration information and receive a ballot.
The

Each
location shall be open from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00
p.m.
of

on
the day of the
election. An elector may obtain a replacement ballot until 7:00 p.m.
on the day of the election on presenting a signed, sworn statement that the
original
ballot was
lost, spoiled, destroyed or

not
received
cast
.

B. The recorder or other officer in charge of
elections shall keep a record of each replacement ballot provided pursuant to
this section.

C. If an elector to whom a replacement ballot is
issued votes more than once, only the first ballot received shall be counted.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Section 16-584, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-584.

Qualified elector not on precinct register; recorder's
certificate; verified ballot; procedure

A. A qualified elector whose name is not on the
precinct register and who presents a certificate from the county recorder
showing that the elector is entitled by law to vote in the precinct shall be
entered on the signature roster on the blank following the last printed name
and shall be given the next consecutive register number, and the qualified
elector shall sign in the space provided.

B. A qualified elector whose name is not on the
precinct register, on presentation of identification verifying the identity of
the elector that includes the voter's given name and surname and the complete
residence address that is verified by the election board to be in the
precinct or on signing an affirmation that states that the elector is a
registered voter in that jurisdiction and is eligible to vote in that
jurisdiction, shall be allowed to vote a provisional ballot.

C. If a voter has moved to a new address within the
county and has not notified the county recorder of the change of address before
the date of an election, the voter shall be allowed to correct the voting
records for purposes of voting in future elections at the appropriate polling
place for the voter's new address. The voter shall be allowed to
vote a provisional ballot.� The voter shall present a form of identification
that includes the voter's given name and surname and the voter's complete
residence address.� The residence address must be within the precinct in which
the voter is attempting to vote, and the voter shall affirm in writing that the
voter is registered in that jurisdiction and is eligible to vote in that
jurisdiction.

D. On completion of the ballot, the
voter
or the
election official shall place the ballot in a provisional ballot
envelope and shall deposit the envelope in the ballot box. Within
five calendar days after a primary, general or special election that includes
an election for a federal office and within three business days after any other
election or not later than the time at which challenged early voting ballots
are resolved, the signature shall be compared to the precinct signature roster
of the former precinct where the voter was registered. If the
voter's name is not signed on the roster and if there is no indication that the
voter voted an early ballot, the provisional ballot envelope shall be opened
and the ballot shall be counted. If there is information showing the
person did vote, the provisional ballot shall remain unopened and shall not be
counted. When provisional ballots are confirmed for counting, the
county recorder shall use the information supplied on the provisional ballot
envelope to correct the address record of the voter.

E. When a voter is allowed to vote a provisional
ballot, the elector's name shall be entered on a separate signature roster page
at the end of the signature roster. Voters' names shall be numbered
consecutively beginning with the number V-1. The elector shall
sign in the space provided.� The ballot shall be placed in a separate envelope,
the outside of which shall contain the precinct name or number, a sworn or
attested statement of the elector that the elector resides in the precinct, is
eligible to vote in the election and has not previously voted in the election,
the signature of the elector and the voter registration number of the elector,
if available.� The ballot shall be verified for proper registration of the
elector by the county recorder before being counted. The
verification shall be made by the county recorder within ten calendar days
after a general election that includes an election for a federal office and
within five business days following any other election. Verified
ballots shall be counted by depositing the ballot in the ballot box and showing
on the records of the election that the elector has voted. If
registration is not verified the ballot shall remain unopened and shall be
retained in the same manner as voted ballots.

F. For any person who votes a provisional ballot,
the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall provide for a
method of notifying the provisional ballot voter at no cost to the voter
whether the voter's ballot was verified and counted and, if not counted, the
reason for not counting the ballot.� The notification may be in the form of
notice by mail to the voter, establishment of a toll-free telephone
number, internet access or other similar method to allow the voter to have
access to this information. The method of notification shall provide
reasonable restrictions that are designed to limit transmittal of the
information only to the voter.
END_STATUTE