The proposed bill would amend sections 16-461 and 16-510 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to update the mailing timeline for sample ballots in both primary and general elections. Currently, the board of supervisors is required to mail sample ballots at least eleven days before the election. The bill would change this requirement to fourteen days before the election, ensuring voters receive their sample ballots with more time to review them.

Additionally, the bill introduces changes regarding the return address on mailer-type sample ballots. Under current law, the return address must not contain the name of an appointed or elected public officer, and the name of such an officer cannot be used to indicate who produced the sample ballot. The bill modifies this language to state that the return address may not contain the name of an appointed or elected public officer, and it clarifies that the name of an appointed or elected public officer may not be used at all in this context.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 16-461, 16-510, 16-804, 16-544