Title 16 — Elections and Electors

For the purposes of this chapter, "mark" means a character or symbol which is distinguishable and noticeable to a reasonable person but which does not identify or reveal the voter in a primary, general or special election conducted by this state or any political subdivision of th…

A. A primary election shall be held, the voters shall vote therein, the method of voting shall be followed, the votes shall be counted and canvassed, the returns shall be made, all in the same manner as provided for a general election and shall otherwise conform to the laws gover…

A. A person entitled to vote at a primary or general election held within this state may, on the day of election, absent himself for the purpose of voting from the service or employment at which he is employed if there are less than three consecutive hours between the opening of …

In city or town elections, the duties devolving on the secretary of state in other elections shall devolve on the mayor or similar governing officer, board or commission, and the duties prescribed in this chapter devolving on the clerk of the board of supervisors shall devolve on…

Each polling place shall be provided by the board of supervisors with a sufficient number of voting booths on which voters may conveniently mark their ballots screened from the observation of others. Each booth shall be at least three square feet in size. Each booth shall be supp…

The board of supervisors or other authority in charge of elections shall provide voting or marking devices, voting booths, ballots, early ballots as prescribed by section 16-545, ballot boxes and other supplies as required.

The board of supervisors or other authority in charge of elections shall place voting equipment on public display at such times and places as it may determine for the education of voters in their use.

A. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, a person may not perform the duties or exercise the authority of an election officer or of the clerk of the board of supervisors or the county recorder in performance of election duties in or on behalf of any county unless, f…

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A. The cost of all special district elections provided in this title, including the preparation of ballots and signature comparison, shall be charged against the funds of the special district pursuant to law. B. At the time of filing a petition for the formation of a special dist…

A. Notwithstanding section 16-558, a city, town or school district may conduct a mail ballot election. A mail ballot election shall be conducted as otherwise prescribed by article 8.1 of this chapter. B. Cities, towns or school districts that conduct mail ballot elections pursuan…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, in any election that is to be held pursuant to title 15 or 48 or section 16-822, if the total of the number of persons who file a nomination petition for a candidate and the number of persons who file a nomination paper for a write-in candidate a…

A. The board of supervisors of each county, on or before October 1 of each year preceding the year of a general election, by an order, shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the county and define the boundaries of the precincts as follows: 1. The election pr…

A. After establishing precincts as provided in section 16-411, the board of supervisors of each county shall deliver to the county recorder a complete description of these precincts immediately after adoption. B. If new precinct boundaries are established as provided in section 1…

A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the governing body of a special district, except a district organized under title 48, chapter 17, shall establish district election precincts that have the same boundaries as county election precincts pursuant to section 16-4…

Provisions of this article shall become effective and operative when electronic or electromechanical vote recording and ballot counting equipment has been satisfactorily tested and has received the approval of the secretary of state.

A. The secretary of state shall appoint a committee of three persons, to consist of a member of the engineering college at one of the universities, a member of the state bar of Arizona and one person familiar with voting processes in the state, no more than two of whom shall be o…

A. On completion of the certification process pursuant to this section and section 16-442, the secretary of state shall require that voting systems that are used by entities that are governed by section 16-204, but not including cities and towns with a population of less than twe…

At all state, county, city or town elections, agricultural improvement district elections and primary elections, ballots or votes may be cast, recorded and counted by voting or marking devices and vote tabulating devices as provided in this article.

A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Ballot" means a paper ballot on which votes are recorded. 2. "Computer program" includes all programs and documentation adequate to process the ballots at an equivalent counting center. 3. "Counting center" means one …

A. For any state, county, school district, special district, city or town election, including primary elections, that uses vote tabulating devices as provided in this article, there shall be filed with the secretary of state at least seventeen days before the date of the election…

A. An electronic voting system consisting of a voting or marking device in combination with vote tabulating equipment shall provide facilities for voting for candidates at both primary and general elections. B. An electronic voting system shall: 1. Provide for voting in secrecy w…

A. The board of supervisors shall provide at each polling place at least one device that complies with the help America vote act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252) and that is certified by the secretary of state for use by voters with disabilities. B. Before any election at which electronic …

Whenever ballots are to be counted by electronic data processing equipment, all write-in votes for candidates, to be counted, shall be marked by the voter in the space provided opposite the names of the write-in candidates. The instructions to voters printed on the ballots shall …

A. Within the period of time before the election day prescribed by the secretary of state in the instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452, the board of supervisors or other election officer in charge, or for an election involving state or federal cand…

The vote tabulating device may be located at any place within the state approved by the board of supervisors of the county or the governing board of other political subdivisions using the device. The same device may be jointly owned, borrowed, leased or used by two or more counti…

The board of supervisors may provide for the payment of the cost of vote tabulating equipment in such manner and by such method as it may deem for the best local interests and also may for that purpose issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations which shall be …

A. After consultation with each county board of supervisors or other officer in charge of elections, the secretary of state shall prescribe rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, uniformity and efficiency on the procedures for early voting …

A. At least forty-five days before a primary election, the officer in charge of that election shall: 1. Prepare a proof of a sample ballot. 2. Submit the sample ballot proof of each party to the county chairman or in city or town primaries to the city or town chairman. 3. Mail a …

The ballots for a primary election shall be printed with a different color designation for each political party that is included on the ballot. Unless otherwise provided by law, the ballot shall be printed, "official ballot of the __________ party, primary election (date), ______…

A. When there are two or more candidates for a nomination, except in the case of precinct committeemen, the names of all candidates for the nomination shall be so alternated on the ballots used in each election precinct that the name of each candidate shall appear substantially a…

A. When there are two or more candidates of the same political party on the ballot, the names of such candidates, except in the case of precinct committeemen, shall be so alternated on the ballots used in each election precinct that the name of each candidate shall appear substan…

A. At primary elections there shall be provided a separate ballot for each party entitled to participate in the primary. B. Each party ballot shall be designated by the name of the party, and for a voter who is registered as a member of a political party that is entitled to conti…

For any ballots intended for use in an optical scanning system, the following apply: 1. As nearly as is practicable, ballots shall have material printed in the same order as provided for paper ballots, except that material may be printed in vertical or horizontal rows or on separ…

Except as provided in chapter 3, article 5 of this title, no person shall have his name printed on the official ballot as a candidate in a general election unless he has complied fully with the provisions of law applicable to primary elections, which, for a candidate who appeared…

2. If you wish to vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write such name in the blank space provided on the ballot and put a mark according to the instructions next to the name so written. 3. Put a mark according to the instructions next to the word "yes" or "…

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 cand…

(L21, Ch. 405, sec. 5) Notwithstanding any other statute, any vendor that provides fraud countermeasures that are contained in and on the paper used for ballots shall be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified or ISO 9001:2015 certified. Ballot fraud countermeasures shall includ…

A. When presidential electors are to be voted for, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates therefor of each party shall be grouped and printed together, arranged in alphabetical order according to the presidential candidate's surname. B. Presidential electors, which, sh…

There shall be furnished for each precinct in which an election is to be held a number of early ballots and printed ballots exceeding by at least one per cent the number of registered voters whose names appear on the precinct register of the precinct, city, town or district for w…

The board of supervisors, city or town clerk or governing body of a special district shall deliver, by mail or other reliable method, to each voting precinct or to the inspector of each election board as determined by the officer in charge of elections one package containing the …

A. Before printing the sample ballots for the general election the board of supervisors shall send to each candidate whose name did not appear on the preceding primary election ballot and to the county chairperson of each political party a ballot proof of the sample ballot for th…

A. If paper signature rosters are used in a polling place, the necessary printed blanks for poll lists, lists of voters, ballots, oath and returns, together with envelopes in which to enclose the returns, shall be furnished by the board of supervisors to the officers of each elec…

The board of supervisors shall provide for the display of the flag of the United States in or near every polling place on election days during the hours the polls are open. This section shall apply only to elections over which the county board of supervisors has jurisdiction.

A. The board of supervisors shall prepare instructions for the guidance of voters and election officers at the election, according to which the election shall be conducted and which shall govern the voters and election officers as provided in the secretary of state's instructions…

The board of supervisors or other officer in charge of elections shall furnish to the inspector in each election precinct at least two "right to vote a provisional ballot" notices at the time and in the same manner as the printed ballots are furnished. The "right to vote a provis…

The board of supervisors shall furnish, to be placed in each voting booth, unless the information is printed on the sample ballot, a card or poster printed in large plain type containing the following: Notice to Voters. Section one of this ballot is comprised of partisan candidat…

A. Except as prescribed in this section and section 16-580, a person shall not be allowed to remain inside the seventy-five foot limit while the polls are open, except for the purpose of voting, and except the election officials, one representative at any one time of each politic…