House Engrossed Senate Bill

cast vote record; public records

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

SENATE BILL 1332

An Act

amending title 39, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 39-129; relating to public records.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 39, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 39-129, to read:

START_STATUTE39-129. Cast vote record; public record; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law, for every election held in this state and after completion of the official canvass, the cast vote record for that election is a public record.

B. For the purposes of this section, "cast vote record" means the electronic records available within an election management system that show how the votes were cast on each anonymous ballot for each race and that allow for verification of the accumulated vote totals for each candidate or issue together with a summary report for each batch for counties whose election management system does not tie images of electronically adjudicated ballots to underlying original ballot images. END_STATUTE