Arizona HB 2510: rural management areas

Bill Text

HB2510 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: early voting; hours; emergency voting

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2510

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Stahl Hamilton: Abeytia, Blattman, Cavero, Connolly, Contreras P, Crews, De 
 Los Santos, Garcia, Gutierrez, Liguori, Sandoval, Simacek, Travers, Villegas

AN 
ACT

amending sections 16-411 and 16-542, 
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to conduct of elections.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 16-411, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-411. Designation of election precincts and polling places; voting 
centers; electioneering; wait times

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 precinct boundaries shall be 
established so as to be included within election districts prescribed by law 
for elected officers of the state and its political subdivisions, including 
community college district precincts, except those elected officers provided 
for in titles 30 and 48.

2. If after October 1 of the year preceding the year 
of a general election the board of supervisors must further adjust precinct 
boundaries due to the redistricting of election districts as prescribed by law 
and to comply with this subsection, the board of supervisors shall adjust these 
precinct boundaries as soon as is practicable.

B. At least twenty days before a general or primary 
election, and at least ten days before a special election, the board shall 
designate one polling place within each precinct where the election shall be 
held, except that:

1. On a specific finding of the board, included in 
the order or resolution designating polling places pursuant to this subsection, 
that no suitable polling place is available within a precinct, a polling place 
for that precinct may be designated within an adjacent precinct.

2. Adjacent precincts may be combined if boundaries 
so established are included in election districts prescribed by law for state 
elected officials and political subdivisions including community college 
districts but not including elected officials prescribed by titles 30 and 
48. The officer in charge of elections may also split a precinct for 
administrative purposes.� The polling places shall be listed in separate 
sections of the order or resolution.

3. On a specific finding of the board that the 
number of persons who are listed as early voters pursuant to section 16-544 
and who are not expected to have their ballots tabulated at the polling place 
as prescribed in section 16-579.02 is likely to substantially reduce the 
number of voters appearing at one or more specific polling places at that 
election, adjacent precincts may be consolidated by combining polling places 
and precinct boards for that election. The board of supervisors 
shall ensure that a reasonable and adequate number of polling places will be 
designated for that election.� Any consolidated polling places shall be listed 
in separate sections of the order or resolution of the board.

4. On a specific resolution of the board, the board 
may authorize the use of voting centers in place of or in addition to 
specifically designated polling places. A voting center shall allow 
any voter in that county to receive the appropriate ballot for that voter on 
election day after presenting identification as prescribed in section 16-579 
and to lawfully cast the ballot. Voting centers may be established 
in coordination and consultation with the county recorder, at other county 
offices or at other locations in the county deemed appropriate.

5. On a specific resolution of the 
board of supervisors that is limited to a specific election date and that is 
voted on by a recorded vote, the board may authorize the county recorder or 
other officer in charge of elections to use emergency voting centers as 
follows:

(a) The board shall specify in the 
resolution the location and the hours of operation of the emergency voting 
centers.

(b) A qualified elector voting at an 
emergency voting center shall provide identification as prescribed in section 
16-579, except that notwithstanding section 16-579, subsection A, 
paragraph 2, for any voting at an emergency voting center, the county recorder 
or other officer in charge of elections may allow a qualified elector to update 
the elector's voter registration information as provided for in the secretary 
of state's instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452.

(c) If an emergency voting center 
established pursuant to this section becomes unavailable and there is not 
sufficient time for the board of supervisors