SB1330

THE CONTEXT: Laws 2022, Ch. 271, 4 establishes procedures and requirements for the on-site tabulation of voted early ballots.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would replaces the term drop box with ballot box for voting locations that allow for the on-site tabulation of ballots and change the term drop box to container for boxes where empty ballot affidavit envelopes are deposited during the on-site tabulation process.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to give Arizonans and public officials a defined option for on-site ballot tabulation under state law. It would replaces the term drop box with ballot box for voting locations that allow for the on-site tabulation of ballots, and would also change the term drop box to container for boxes where empty ballot affidavit envelopes are deposited during the on-site tabulation process, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.