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REFERENCE TITLE: sample ballots; voter's name |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1349 |
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Introduced by Senator Quezada; Representatives Andrade, Velasquez
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AN ACT
amending SECTIONS 16-461 and 16-510, 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 16-461, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-461. Sample primary election ballots; submission to party chairmen for examination; preparation, printing and distribution of ballot
A. At least forty‑five days before a primary election, the officer in charge of that election shall:
1. Prepare a proof of a sample ballot.
2. Submit the sample ballot proof of each party to the county chairman or in city or town primaries to the city or town chairman.
3. Mail a sample ballot proof to each candidate for whom a nomination paper and petitions have been filed.
B. Within five days after receipt of the sample ballot, the county chairman of each political party shall suggest to the election officer any change the chairman considers should be made in the chairman's party ballot, and if upon examination the election officer finds an error or omission in the ballot the officer shall correct it. The election officer shall cause print and distribute the sample ballots to be printed and distributed as required by law, shall maintain a copy of each sample ballot and shall post a notice indicating that sample ballots are available on request. The official sample ballot shall be printed on colored paper or white paper with a different colored stripe for each party that is represented on that ballot. For voters who are not registered with a party that is entitled to continued representation on the ballot pursuant to section 16‑804, the election officer may print and distribute the required sample ballots in an alternative format, including a reduced size format.
C. Not later than forty days before a primary election, the county chairman of a political party may request one sample primary election ballot of the chairman's party for each election precinct.
D. The board of supervisors
shall have printed mailer‑type sample ballots for a primary election and
shall mail at least eleven days before the election one sample ballot of a
political party to each household containing a
registered voter of that political party unless that registered voter is on the
permanent early voting list established pursuant to section 16‑544. Each
sample ballot shall be mailed
in an envelope on which the voter's name is printed and shall contain
the following statement: "This is a sample ballot and cannot be used as
an official ballot under any circumstances". A certified claim
shall be presented to the secretary of state by the board of supervisors for
the actual cost of printing, labeling and postage of each sample ballot
actually mailed, and the secretary of state shall direct payment of the
authenticated claim from funds of the secretary of state's office.
E. For city and town
elections, the governing body of a city or town may have printed mailer‑type
sample ballots for a primary election. If the city or town has printed such sample ballots, the city or town shall
provide for the distribution of such the sample ballots and shall
bear the expense of printing and distribution of such
the sample ballots.
F. The return address on the mailer‑type sample ballots shall not contain the name of an appointed or elected public officer nor may the name of an appointed or elected public officer be used to indicate who produced the sample ballot.
G. The great seal of the state of Arizona shall be imprinted along with the words "official voting materials" on the mailing face of and envelope for each sample ballot. In county, city or town elections the seal of such jurisdiction shall be substituted for the state seal.
Sec. 2. Section 16-510, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-510. Sample ballots; preparation and distribution
A. Before printing the sample ballots for the general election the board of supervisors shall send to each candidate whose name did not appear on the preceding primary election ballot a ballot proof of the sample ballot for the candidate's review.
B. The board of supervisors shall print and distribute, for the information of voters at each polling place, a number of sample ballots as it deems necessary.
C. The board of
supervisors shall have printed mailer‑type sample ballots for a general
election and shall mail at least eleven days before the election one such
sample ballot to each household in the county
containing a registered voter in the county
unless that registered voter is on the permanent early voting list
established pursuant to section 16‑544. Each sample ballot shall be mailed in an envelope on which the
voter's name is printed and shall contain the following statement: "This is a
sample ballot and cannot be used as an official ballot under any
circumstances". A certified claim shall be presented to the
secretary of state by the board of supervisors for the actual cost of printing,
labeling and postage of each such sample
ballot actually mailed, and the secretary of state shall direct payment of such the
authenticated claim from funds of his office.
D. For city and town
elections, the governing body of a city or town may have printed mailer‑type
sample ballots for a general election. If the city or town has
printed such the sample ballots, the city or town shall
provide for the distribution of such the sample ballots and shall
bear the expense of printing and distributing such
the sample ballots.
E. For special district
elections, the governing body of a special district may have printed mailer‑type
sample ballots. If the special district has printed such sample ballots, the special district shall
provide for the distribution of such the sample ballots and shall
bear the expense of printing and distributing such
the sample ballots.
F. The great seal of the state of Arizona shall be imprinted along with the words "official voting materials" on the mailing face of and envelope for each sample ballot. In county, city, town or special district elections the seal of such jurisdiction shall be substituted for the state seal.