Assigned to ELEC FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1223
early ballot list; daily returns
Purpose
Requires the Secretary of State (SOS), rather than the county recorder in certain counties,
to provide a daily list of persons who have returned their early ballots.
Background
The county recorder must prepare official precinct registers from voter registration forms
which includes a person's: 1) full name and title; 2) party preference; 3) date of registration;
4) residential and mailing address; 5) birth year; 6) voting history; 7) early ballot requests and
returns; and 8) telephone number and occupation, if provided. The precinct lists in their entirety
must be delivered to the county chairman and each state chairman within 10 business days of the
close of counting voter registrations. During the 33-day period immediately preceding an election,
and on request from a county chairman or state chairman, the county recorder must provide, at no
cost, a daily list of persons who have requested an early ballot and a weekly list of persons who
have returned their early ballots. The county recorder must provide the daily and weekly
information through the Friday preceding the election. For a county with more than 800,000
persons, the county recorder must, at no cost, provide a daily list of persons who have returned
their early ballots upon request from the county chairman and state chairman. The daily list must
be provided Mondays through Fridays, beginning with the first Monday after the state of early
voting through the Monday before the election (A.R.S. ยง 16-168).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires the SOS, rather than the county recorder in a county with more than 800,000 persons,
to provide a daily list of persons who have returned their early ballots.
2. Removes the requirement that the county recorder provide a weekly list of persons who have
returned their early ballots at no cost.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 31, 2024
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