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AZ HB2219

AZ HB2219
Ballot receptacles; electioneering limits


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Introduced
01/15/2026
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

Bill Summary

AN ACT amending sections 16-515, 16-1017 and 16-1018, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the conduct of elections.

AI Summary

This bill expands the "seventy-five foot limit," which is a restricted zone around polling places and early voting locations where electioneering is prohibited, to also include designated ballot receptacles, meaning the area around where voters drop off their ballots. This means that electioneering, which is defined as expressing support for or opposition to candidates, ballot questions, or political parties, is now also forbidden within seventy-five feet of these ballot receptacles. The bill also clarifies that election officials, party representatives, and challengers within this limit cannot wear or display materials that identify or express support for or opposition to any political candidate, party, organization, ballot question, or political issue. Furthermore, it prohibits taking photographs or videos within this seventy-five foot limit, and makes violations of these provisions a class 2 misdemeanor, a minor criminal offense.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

House read second time (on 01/20/2026)

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