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REFERENCE TITLE: election results; statewide electronic format |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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SB 1306 |
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Introduced by Senator Kavanagh
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AN ACT
amending section 16-622, 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 16-622, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-622. Official canvass; unofficial results
A. At any time following the close of the polls, except as provided in section 16‑551, subsection C, unofficial returns may be released during the counting of the ballots by vote tabulating equipment, and upon on completion of the count the unofficial results shall be open to the public. The result printed by the vote tabulating equipment, to which have been added write‑in and early votes, shall, when certified by the board of supervisors or other officer in charge, shall constitute the official canvass of each precinct or election district.
B. In any election for a federal office, a statewide office or a member of the legislature or in any election for a statewide ballot measure, all unofficial returns that are released during the counting of the ballots and all unofficial results that are open to the public shall when released to the public be transmitted by telephone, by telefacsimile fax or by other electronic means to the secretary of state. The secretary of state may prescribe a uniform format for county officers in charge of elections for electronic transmittal of unofficial results, which format may include separate totals for ballots cast in polling places or voting centers, early ballots and provisional ballots.