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SB1237 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
election procedures
manual; consultation
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1237
AN
ACT
Amending Section 16-452, Arizona Revised Statutes;
relating to the 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:
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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 or other officer in charge of elections,
county
recorders and the chairpersons and ranking members of the house of
representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over election matters,
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 manual shall be approved by the governor and the
attorney general.� The secretary of state shall submit the manual to the
governor and the attorney general not later than October 1 of the year before
each general election.
C. A person who violates any rule adopted pursuant
to this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
D. 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.
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