REFERENCE TITLE: ballot receptacles; tampering

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

SB 1651

Introduced by

Senators Miranda: Bravo, Diaz, Epstein, Gabaldón, Hatathlie, Kuby, Ortiz, Sundareshan;  Representatives Aguilar, Crews

AN ACT

amending title 16, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-1025; relating to early ballots.

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

Section 1. Title 16, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-1025, to read:

START_STATUTE16-1025. Ballot receptacles; tampering; exemption; violation; classification

A. A person who knowingly tampers with or opens a receptacle in which a voter or a voter's lawful agent deposits or returns a voted early ballot is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

B. This section does not apply to an election officer acting in the course of the election officer's official duties.END_STATUTE