Signed by Governor Doug Ducey

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits absentee ballots from revealing political party affiliation.

Highlights:

• Establishes that the early ballot is to be prepared for use in the precinct in which the applicant resides and, if a partisan primary election, of the political party with which the applicant is affiliated as shown by the affidavit of registration (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the ballot is to be identical with the regular official ballots, except that it is to have printed or stamped on it “early” (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the officer charged by law with the duty of preparing ballots at any election is to adhere to the following (Sec. 1):

• Prepare the official early ballot and deliver a sufficient number to the recorder or other officer in charge of elections not later than the thirty-third day before the election; and 

• Ensure that the ballot return envelopes are of a type that does not reveal the voter's selections or political party affiliation and that is tamper evident when properly sealed.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits absentee ballots from revealing political party affiliation.

Highlights:

• Establishes that the early ballot is to be prepared for use in the precinct in which the applicant resides and, if a partisan primary election, of the political party with which the applicant is affiliated as shown by the affidavit of registration (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the ballot is to be identical with the regular official ballots, except that it is to have printed or stamped on it “early” (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the officer charged by law with the duty of preparing ballots at any election is to adhere to the following (Sec. 1):

• Prepare the official early ballot and deliver a sufficient number to the recorder or other officer in charge of elections not later than the thirty-third day before the election; and 

• Ensure that the ballot return envelopes are of a type that does not reveal the voter's selections or political party affiliation and that is tamper evident when properly sealed.

Full Bill Text