COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT & ELECTIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2691
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 16-503, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-503. Duty to prepare and provide ballots; cost of printing ballots and instruction cards as public expense
A. The board of supervisors, and in city and town elections, the city or town clerk, shall prepare and provide ballots containing the names of all persons whose certificates of nomination have been filed with them. The ballots shall be printed and ready for inspection by the candidates and their agents at least ten days before a general election and at least five days before a city or town election. For every ballot printed for elections ADMINISTERED by a county, the board of supervisors shall provide a chain of custody record that begins at the printing location and continues through transportation, storage and delivery to the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections and to any voting location. The CHAIN of custody record shall include the time and signature for each point of contact, including the signature of the voting location supervisor when the ballots are RECEIVED for use in voting or the supervisor when early ballots are received and prepared for mailing.
B. All ballots cast in elections for public office within the this state, and the cards of instruction to voters, shall be printed, delivered and distributed at public expense and shall be a county charge, but when used at local elections shall be a charge against the city or town in which the local election is held.
C. For special district elections the governing body is responsible for the duties and charges as provided in subsections A and B of this section."
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