PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2023
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 16-547, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-547. Ballot affidavit; form
A. The early ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope bearing on the front the name, official title and post office address of the recorder or other officer in charge of elections and on the other side a printed affidavit in substantially the following form:
I declare the following under penalty of perjury: I am a registered voter in ___________ county Arizona, I have not voted and will not vote in this election in any other county or state, I understand that knowingly voting more than once in any election is a class 5 felony and I voted the enclosed ballot and signed this affidavit personally unless noted below. If i provided my voted ballot to another person for delivery to elections officials, I have voted the ballot and sealed it in the envelope before giving it to another person for delivery.
If the voter was assisted by another person in marking the ballot or was assisted by a person collecting the ballot, complete the following:
I declare the following under penalty of perjury:
1. At the registered voter's request I assisted the voter identified in this affidavit with marking the voter's ballot, I marked the ballot as directly instructed by the voter, I provided the assistance because the voter was physically unable to mark the ballot solely due to illness, injury or physical limitation and I understand that there is no power of attorney for voting and that the voter must be able to make their the voter's selection even if they the voter cannot physically mark the ballot.
Name of voter assistant: _____________________________
Address of voter assistant: __________________________
2. With the voter's permission, I collected the voter's voted early ballot and will deliver the voted early ballot to the proper election official on or before election day, and the ballot was voted and sealed in the ENVELOPE before I collected it.
Printed name of ballot collector:___________________
Signature of ballot collector:______________________
Date of collection:_________________________________
Printed name of voter:______________________________
Signature of voter:_________________________________
B. The face of each envelope in which a ballot is sent to a federal postcard applicant or in which a ballot is returned by such the applicant to the recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall be in the form prescribed in accordance with the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act of 1986 (P.L. 99‑410; 42 52 United States Code section 1973ff 20301). Otherwise, the envelopes shall be the same as those used to send ballots to, or receive ballots from, other early voters.
C. The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall supply printed instructions to early voters that direct them to sign the affidavit, mark the ballot and return both in the enclosed self‑addressed envelope that complies with section 16-545. The instructions shall include the following statement:
In order to be valid and counted, the ballot and affidavit must be delivered to the office of the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections or may be deposited at any polling place in the county no later than 7:00 p.m. on election day.
WARNING ¾ It is a felony to offer or receive any compensation for a ballot."
Renumber to conform
Page 1, line 37, after "voter" insert "or to a person who signs the ballot affidavit as provided in section 16-547"
Amend title to conform