REFERENCE TITLE: early voting; identification required

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

HB 2343

Introduced by

Representative Fillmore

AN ACT

amending section 16-548, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to early voting.

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

Section 1.  Section 16-548, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-548.  Preparation and transmission of ballot; identification

A.  The early voter shall make and sign the affidavit and shall then mark his the ballot in such a manner that his the early voter's vote cannot be seen. The early voter shall fold the ballot, if a paper ballot, so as to conceal the vote and deposit the voted ballot in the envelope provided for that purpose, which shall be securely sealed and, together with the affidavit, delivered or mailed to the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections of the political subdivision in which the elector is registered or deposited by the voter or the voter's agent at any polling place, early voting location or voting center in the county. In order to be counted and valid, the ballot must be received by the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections or deposited at any polling place, early voting location or voting center in the county no not later than 7:00 p.m. on election day.

B.  For any voter or voter's agent who submits an early ballot in an affidavit envelope at any polling place, early voting location or voting center, the officer in charge of elections shall require the person delivering the early ballot to do both of the FOLLOWING:

1.  Sign an early ballot delivery log and print the name of the person delivering the early ballot.

2.  Provide identification that matches the name provided by the person delivering the ballot. any one form of IDENTIFICATION that is prescribed by section 16-579 is sufficient identification, and an identification with a photograph is not required.

B. C.  If the early voter is an overseas citizen, a qualified elector absent from the United States or in the United States service, a spouse or dependent residing with the early voter or a qualified elector of a special district mail ballot election as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter, the early voter may subscribe to the affidavit before and obtain the signature and military identification number or passport number, if available, of any person who is a United States citizen eighteen years of age or older. END_STATUTE