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This bill makes several changes to Arizona election procedures, focusing on early voting, ballot handling, and election auditing. The bill adds a new provision requiring candidates who wish to withdraw from an election to submit a signed, notarized withdrawal statement. It modifies rules for early voting lists, specifically allowing county recorders to remove voters from the list if they are marked as inactive and have not confirmed their registration. The bill also adjusts procedures for mailing ballots, creating replacement ballot centers, and conducting hand counts of election results. A significant change is the expansion of hand count requirements, including provisions for selecting races to be hand-counted and establishing procedures when discrepancies are found between machine and manual vote tallies. Additionally, the bill includes a special provision for justice precinct candidates in the 2026 election, allowing more flexibility in how candidates can file for office and how petition signatures are validated, particularly in cases of precinct redistricting. The changes aim to provide more stringent voter list management, enhance election transparency, and create more robust verification processes for vote counting.

Justice, Military Affairs and Security

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81825