16-502. Form and contents of ballot
A. Ballots shall be printed with black ink on white paper of sufficient thickness to prevent the printing thereon from being discernible from the back, and the same type shall be used for the names of all candidates. The ballots shall be headed " official ballot" in bold-faced plain letters, with a heavy rule above and below the heading. Immediately below shall be placed the words " type of election, (date of election)" and the name of the county and state in which the election is held. The name or number of the precinct in which the election is held shall be placed on the ballot in a uniform location for all ballots. No other matter shall be placed or printed at the head of any ballot. Instructions to the voter on marking the ballot may be printed below the heading as follows:
1. Put a mark according to the instructions next to the name of each candidate for each office for whom you wish to vote.
2. If you wish to vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write such name in the blank space provided on the ballot and put a mark according to the instructions next to the name so written.
3. Put a mark according to the instructions next to the word " yes" or " for" for each proposition or question you wish to be adopted. Put a mark according to the instructions next to the word " no" or " against" for each proposition or question you wish not to be adopted.
B. Immediately below the ballot instructions shall be placed the following:
Section One
Partisan Ballot
C. Immediately below the heading for section one there shall be placed in columns the names of the candidates of the several political parties. Next to each candidate's name there shall be printed in bold-faced letters the name of the political party. At the head of each column shall be printed the names of the offices to be filled with the name of each office being of uniform type size. At the head of each column shall be printed in the following order the names of candidates for:
1. Presidential electors, which shall be in a list and next to the list shall be printed in bold type the surname of the presidential candidate, and the surname of the vice presidential candidate who is seeking election jointly with the presidential candidate shall be listed directly below the name of the presidential candidate. The indicator for the selection of the presidential and vice presidential candidates shall be directly next to the surname of the presidential candidate, and one mark directly next to a presidential candidate's surname shall be counted as a vote for each elector in the list next to the presidential and vice presidential candidates.
2. United States senator.
3. Representatives in Congress.
4. The several state offices.
5. The several county and precinct offices.
D. The names of candidates for the offices of state senator and state representative along with the district number shall be placed within the heading of each column to the right of the office name for state offices and immediately below the candidates for the office of governor. The number of the supervisorial district of which a candidate is a nominee shall be printed within the heading of each column to the right of the name of the office.
E. The lists of the candidates of the several parties shall be arranged with the names of the parties in descending order according to the votes cast for governor for that county in the most recent general election for the office of governor, commencing with the left-hand column. In the case of political parties that did not have candidates on the ballot in the last general election, such parties shall be listed in alphabetical order below the parties that did have candidates on the ballot in the last general election. The names of all candidates nominated under section 16-341 shall be placed in a single column below that of the recognized parties. Next to the name of each candidate, in parentheses, shall be printed a three-letter abbreviation that is taken from the three words prescribed in the candidate's certificate of nomination.
F. Immediately below the designation of the office to be voted for shall appear the words: " Vote for not more than _________" (insert the number to be elected).
G. In each column at the right or left of the name of each candidate and on the same line there shall be a place for the voter to put a mark. Below the name of the last named candidate for each office there shall be as many blank lines as there are offices of the same title to be filled, with a place for the voter to put a mark. On the blank line the voter may write the name of any person for whom the voter desires to vote whose name is not printed, and next to the name so written the voter shall designate his choice by a mark as in the case of printed names.
H. When there are two or more candidates of the same political party for the same office, or more than one candidate for a judicial office, the names of all such candidates shall be so alternated on the ballots used in each election district that the name of each candidate shall appear substantially an equal number of times in each possible location. If there are fewer or the same number of candidates seeking office than the number to be elected, the rotation of names is not required and the names shall be placed in alphabetical order.
I. Immediately below section one of the ballot shall be placed the following:
Section Two
Nonpartisan Ballot
J. Immediately below the heading for section two shall be placed the names of the candidates for justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the superior court standing for retention or rejection pursuant to article VI, section 38, Constitution of Arizona, judges of the superior court standing for election pursuant to article VI, section 12, Constitution of Arizona, school district officials and other nonpartisan officials in a column or in columns without partisan or other designation except the title of office in an order determined by the officer in charge of the election.
K. Immediately below the offices listed in subsection J of this section, the ballot shall contain a separate heading of any nonpartisan office for a vacant unexpired term and shall include the expiration date of the term of the vacated office.
L. All proposed constitutional amendments and other propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters shall be printed immediately below the names of candidates for nonpartisan positions in such order as the secretary of state, or if a city or town election, the city or town clerk, designates. Placement of county and local charter amendments, propositions or questions shall be determined by the officer in charge of the election. Except as provided by section 19-125, each proposition or question shall be followed by the words " yes" and " no" or " for ______" and " against ______" as the nature of the proposition or question requires, and at the right or left of and next to each of such words shall be a place for the voter to put a mark according to the instructions that is similar in size to those places appearing opposite the names of the candidates, in which the voter may indicate his vote for or against such proposition or question by a mark as defined in section 16-400.
M. Instead of printing the official and descriptive titles or the full text of each measure or question on the official ballot, the officer in charge of elections may print phrases on the official ballot that contain all of the following:
1. The number of the measure in reverse type and at least twelve point type.
2. The designation of the measure as prescribed by section 19-125, subsection C or as a question, proposition or charter amendment, followed by the words " relating to..." and inserting the subject.
3. Either the statement prescribed by section 19-125, subsection D that describes the effects of a " yes" vote and a " no" vote or, for other measures, the text of the question or proposition.
4. The words " yes" and " no" or " for" and " against" , as may be appropriate and a place for the voter to put a mark.
N. For any ballot printed pursuant to subsection M of this section, the instructions on the official ballot shall direct the voter to the full text of the official and descriptive titles and the questions and propositions as printed on the sample ballot and posted in the polling place.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 16 - Elections and Electors
§ 16-101 - Qualifications of registrant; definition
§ 16-102 - Power of attorney; prohibited use
§ 16-104 - Registration in incorporated cities and towns
§ 16-105 - Registration required by city ordinance or charter
§ 16-112 - Driver license voter registration
§ 16-120 - Eligibility to vote
§ 16-121 - Qualified elector; definition
§ 16-121.01 - Requirements for proper registration; violation; classification
§ 16-122 - Registration and records prerequisite to voting
§ 16-123 - Proof of location of residence
§ 16-124 - Public officer residing in county of post of duty
§ 16-125 - Change of residence to different county during twenty-nine day period preceding election
§ 16-126 - Authority to vote in presidential election after moving from state
§ 16-127 - Federal only voters; early ballot; eligibility; exemption
§ 16-128 - Clerk of the court; secretary of state; county recorder; notice of conviction
§ 16-131 - Registration of electors; deputy registrars
§ 16-132 - Voter registration assistance; hunting, fishing, trapping licenses; definitions
§ 16-133 - Voter registration events; website posting
§ 16-135 - Change of residence from one address to another
§ 16-136 - Change of political party
§ 16-138 - Voter registration database; federal only voters; analysis; annual report; investigation
§ 16-139 - Registration expenses as county charge
§ 16-140 - Voter registration assistance agencies; definitions
§ 16-141 - Armed forces recruiting offices; voter registration assistance
§ 16-143 - Federal only voters; attorney general; investigation; report
§ 16-144 - Same day voter registration prohibited; violation; classification
§ 16-145 - Automatic voter registration prohibited
§ 16-151 - Forms for registration supplied by county recorder and secretary of state
§ 16-153 - Voter registration; confidentiality; definitions
§ 16-161 - Official record of registration; federal form; reporting
§ 16-162 - Retention of registration forms and record of cancellation
§ 16-165 - Causes for cancellation; report
§ 16-166 - Verification of registration
§ 16-168.01 - County contributions to the voter registration system fund; exemption
§ 16-169 - Disposition and use of precinct registers; signature roster; form
§ 16-170 - Transmittal of signature roster to county recorder; comparison of names by recorder
§ 16-171 - Preservation of signature rosters as permanent records
§ 16-172 - Use of county registration rolls by political subdivisions
§ 16-173 - County recorder to file data processing system or program
§ 16-181 - Return of registration; violation; classification
§ 16-182 - False registration; classification; cancellation of registration
§ 16-183 - Violations; classification
§ 16-184 - Additional violations; classification
§ 16-193 - Active registered voters; applicability
§ 16-202 - Notice of offices for which candidates are to be nominated at primary
§ 16-203 - Primary election for nomination of candidates in municipalities
§ 16-204 - Declaration of statewide concern; consolidated election dates; definition
§ 16-205 - Election dates; notice; administration
§ 16-212 - Election of presidential electors; electoral college votes; vacancy; replacement
§ 16-213 - Election of United States senator
§ 16-221 - Special election to fill vacancy in Congress
§ 16-222 - Vacancy in the office of United States senator or representative
§ 16-225 - Special district election dates
§ 16-226 - Nonpartisan elections; local elections; time of calling; definition
§ 16-227 - Publication or posting of call of election for nonpartisan elections
§ 16-228 - Notice of election for nonpartisan elections
§ 16-229 - Affidavit of compliance
§ 16-230 - Vacancy in certain state or county offices; election
§ 16-241 - Presidential preference election; conduct of election
§ 16-242 - Qualifications for ballot; nomination paper
§ 16-243 - National convention delegates; vote for candidates
§ 16-244 - Representation on ballot
§ 16-245 - Form and content of ballot
§ 16-246 - Early balloting; satellite locations; additional procedures
§ 16-247 - Write-in candidates prohibited
§ 16-248 - Designation of polling places
§ 16-249 - Certification of election to parties; automatic recount inapplicable; tabulation
§ 16-250 - Expenses of election
§ 16-301 - Nomination of candidates for printing on official ballot of general or special election
§ 16-302 - Failure to nominate candidate in primary election
§ 16-311 - Nomination papers; statement of interest; filing; definitions
§ 16-312 - Filing of nomination papers for write-in candidates
§ 16-313 - Filing of nomination paper and petitions for special primary election
§ 16-314 - Filing and form of nomination petitions; definition
§ 16-315 - Form of petitions; registration of circulators
§ 16-317 - Secure online signature collection; municipal, county and precinct committeeman offices
§ 16-318 - Secure online signature collection; federal offices
§ 16-321 - Signing and certification of nomination petition; definition
§ 16-322 - Number of signatures required on nomination petitions
§ 16-331 - Election of superior court judges by declared divisions of court
§ 16-332 - Election of justices of supreme court or judges of court of appeals by declared terms
§ 16-333 - Preparation and filing of nominating petition for certain judicial offices
§ 16-342 - Special election nominations by delegate convention
§ 16-343 - Filling vacancy caused by death or incapacity or withdrawal of candidate
§ 16-344 - Office of presidential elector; appointment by state committee chairman
§ 16-351 - Limitations on appeals of validity of nomination petitions; disqualification of candidate
§ 16-351.01 - Nomination challenges; expenses
§ 16-401 - Applicability of general election law to primary elections
§ 16-403 - City or town elections; duties of officers
§ 16-404 - Preparation of polling place; voting booths; ballot boxes for paper ballots
§ 16-405 - Preparation for elections
§ 16-406 - Public display of voting equipment
§ 16-407.01 - Election administration; private monies prohibited
§ 16-407.02 - Elections training classes; statement; water; registration form
§ 16-407.03 - Election deadlines; filings; violation; classification
§ 16-408 - Cost of special district elections; bond
§ 16-409 - Certain cities, towns and school districts; mail ballot elections; report
§ 16-410 - Cancellation of certain elections; appointment to office; filling vacancies
§ 16-412 - Effective date of new precincts
§ 16-413 - Precincts; special district boundaries
§ 16-441 - Effective date of article; approval of counting equipment
§ 16-442 - Committee approval; adoption of vote tabulating equipment; experimental use; emergency
§ 16-442.01 - Accessible voting technology; recommendations; certification; applicability
§ 16-443 - Authorization of use at all elections
§ 16-444 - Definitions; applicability of general laws
§ 16-445 - Filing of computer election programs with secretary of state
§ 16-446 - Specifications of electronic voting system
§ 16-447 - Voting devices; inspection; specifications and number of booths
§ 16-448 - Write-in votes; instructions
§ 16-449 - Required test of equipment and programs; notice; procedures manual
§ 16-450 - Location and acquisition of vote tabulating devices
§ 16-451 - Cost; means of financing
§ 16-462 - Form of paper ballot
§ 16-464 - Rotation of names on ballots
§ 16-465 - Arrangement of candidates' names at primary election
§ 16-467 - Method of voting on ballot
§ 16-468 - Form of ballot; optical scanning system; sample ballots
§ 16-501 - Compliance with primary election law as prerequisite to printing name on ballot
§ 16-502 - Form and contents of ballot
§ 16-504 - Antifraud ballot paper; vendor certification; antifraud measures
§ 16-507 - Presentation of presidential candidates on ballot
§ 16-508 - Number of ballots furnished each polling place
§ 16-509 - Delivery of ballots to election officers
§ 16-510 - Sample ballots; preparation and distribution
§ 16-511 - Duty of board of supervisors to furnish election supplies to precinct officers
§ 16-512 - Displaying United States flag at polls
§ 16-513 - Instructions for voters and election officers; overvote notice
§ 16-513.01 - Right to vote a provisional ballot; notice
§ 16-514 - Notice to voters; form
§ 16-515 - "Seventy-five foot limit" notices; posting; violation; classification
§ 16-531 - Appointment of election boards; qualifications
§ 16-533 - Filling vacancy in election board by electors
§ 16-535 - Election marshal; appointment; powers and duties
§ 16-536 - Compensation of election board officers
§ 16-537 - Powers and duties of election officers with respect to special elections
§ 16-542 - Request for ballot; civil penalties; violation; classification
§ 16-543 - Application for ballot; United States service; emergency procedures
§ 16-543.02 - Federal write-in early ballots; procedure; registration form
§ 16-544 - Active early voting list; civil penalty; violation; classification; definition
§ 16-547 - Ballot affidavit; form
§ 16-548 - Preparation and transmission of ballot
§ 16-550 - Receipt of voter's ballot; cure period
§ 16-550; Version 2 - Receipt of voter's ballot; cure period; tracking system
§ 16-551 - Early election board; violation; classification
§ 16-552 - Early ballots; processing; challenges
§ 16-558 - Special districts; mail ballot election option; conduct
§ 16-558.01 - Mailing of ballots
§ 16-558.02 - Replacement ballots
§ 16-562 - Preparation and arrangement of polling place with voting booths and ballot boxes
§ 16-563 - Posting sample ballots, instruction cards and notice to voters before opening polls
§ 16-565 - Hours polls opened and closed; proclamation of opening and closing polls
§ 16-566 - Opening and closing of polling place; unused ballots
§ 16-570 - Conduct of election; duties of officers; placing machines
§ 16-571 - Poll lists to be kept by election clerk; posting
§ 16-572 - Delivery and custody of ballots at polling place
§ 16-573 - Substitution of ballots when official ballots not available
§ 16-574 - Repair or substitution of machines; use of paper ballots
§ 16-579 - Procedure for obtaining ballot by elector
§ 16-579.01 - Early ballots; on-site tabulation
§ 16-579.02 - Election day early ballot on-site tabulation procedure; fund
§ 16-580 - Manner of voting; assistance for certain electors
§ 16-581 - Elderly persons; persons with disabilities; inaccessible polling places; definitions
§ 16-583 - Voter not on precinct register; inactive voter list; procedure
§ 16-585 - Spoiled ballots; disposition
§ 16-590 - Appointment of challengers and party representatives
§ 16-591 - Grounds for challenging an elector
§ 16-592 - Proceedings on challenge; disposition of ballot
§ 16-593 - Rules determining residence of voter upon challenge; reading of rules upon request
§ 16-594 - List of challenges, grounds and rulings
§ 16-603 - Inspection of ballots by party representative
§ 16-604 - Election integrity fund; purpose; exemption
§ 16-607 - Statements of tally
§ 16-608 - Delivery of ballots; electronic voting system
§ 16-609 - Questioned legality of ballots; procedure
§ 16-610 - Uncertainty of voter's choice as cause for rejection
§ 16-611 - Certain defects invalidating vote for particular office
§ 16-612 - Determination of write-in choice of voter
§ 16-614 - Signing of tally lists after completion of tally
§ 16-615 - Delivery of returns
§ 16-616 - Preparation and disposition of unofficial returns
§ 16-617 - Transmittal of signature roster and precinct registers after election
§ 16-621 - Proceedings at the counting center
§ 16-622 - Official canvass; unofficial results
§ 16-623 - Copy of abstract of vote of certain counties filed with secretary of state
§ 16-624 - Disposition of official returns and ballots
§ 16-625 - Electronic data and digital images; ballots; security
§ 16-642 - Canvass of election; postponements
§ 16-644 - Effect of want of form in precinct returns
§ 16-646 - Statement, contents and mailing of official canvass
§ 16-647 - Declaration of election to office; delivery of certificate of election
§ 16-648 - Canvass for state offices, amendments and measures; postponement
§ 16-649 - Determination of tie vote; notice to candidates; exception
§ 16-650 - Declaration of election to office; delivery of certificate of election
§ 16-651 - Proclamation by governor on amendments and initiated and referred measures
§ 16-661 - Automatic recount; requirements
§ 16-662 - Certification to superior court of facts requiring recount
§ 16-663 - Recount of votes; method
§ 16-664 - Recount of votes by automatic tabulating system
§ 16-665 - Determination of results by court; distribution of copies of order of determination
§ 16-666 - Expenses of recount
§ 16-667 - Supplementary nature of article
§ 16-671 - Contest of primary elections
§ 16-672 - Contest of state election; grounds; venue
§ 16-673 - Statement of contest; verification; filing
§ 16-674 - Contest of county or other election
§ 16-675 - Summons; form; answer
§ 16-676 - Time for hearing contest; continuance; findings of the court; judgment
§ 16-677 - Inspection of ballots before trial; petition; bond; appointment of inspectors
§ 16-678 - Inapplicability of article to contests of election of legislators
§ 16-701 - Applicability of election laws
§ 16-702 - Number of delegates
§ 16-703 - Qualifications of candidates for delegate; nominations
§ 16-706 - Meeting of delegates in convention
§ 16-707 - Organization of convention
§ 16-708 - Journal of proceedings
§ 16-709 - Certificate of ratification
§ 16-710 - Compensation and mileage of delegates
§ 16-711 - Congressional provisions as superseding article
§ 16-801 - Representation of new party on ballot at primary and general elections
§ 16-802 - Representation of new party on ballot for county or municipal election
§ 16-807 - Political parties trust fund
§ 16-821 - County committee; vacancy in office of precinct committeeman
§ 16-822 - Precinct committeemen; eligibility; vacancy; duties; term
§ 16-823 - Legislative district committee; organization; boundary change; reorganization
§ 16-824 - Meeting, organization and officers of county committee
§ 16-825.01 - State committee; vacancy; filling of vacancy
§ 16-826 - Meeting, organization and officers of state committee
§ 16-827 - Executive committee of state committee
§ 16-901.01 - Limitations on certain unreported expenditures and contributions
§ 16-905 - Committee qualification; requirements; exemption; adjustments
§ 16-906 - Committee statement of organization; amendment; committee limitation
§ 16-907 - Committee recordkeeping; treasurer; accounts
§ 16-908 - Mega PAC status qualification
§ 16-911 - Exemption from definition of contribution
§ 16-912 - Individual contribution limits; requirements
§ 16-913 - Candidate committee contribution limits; requirements
§ 16-914 - Political action committee contribution limits; requirements
§ 16-915 - Political party contribution limits; requirements
§ 16-917 - Partnership contribution limits; requirements
§ 16-918 - Earmarking prohibited
§ 16-921 - Exemptions from definition of expenditure
§ 16-922 - Independent and coordinated expenditures
§ 16-925 - Advertising and fundraising disclosure statements
§ 16-926 - Campaign finance reports; contents
§ 16-927 - Campaign finance reporting period
§ 16-928 - Filing officer; statements and reports
§ 16-931 - Biennial adjustments; committee registration; contribution limits
§ 16-933 - Transfer and disposal of committee monies; limitations
§ 16-934 - Termination statement; filing; contents
§ 16-937 - Failure to file; penalties; notice; suspension
§ 16-938 - Enforcement authority; investigation; reasonable cause; notice of violation; appeal
§ 16-940 - Findings and declarations
§ 16-941 - Limits on spending and contributions for political campaigns
§ 16-942 - Civil penalties and forfeiture of office
§ 16-943 - Criminal violations and penalties
§ 16-945 - Limits on early contributions
§ 16-946 - Qualifying contributions
§ 16-947 - Certification as a participating candidate
§ 16-948 - Controls on participating candidates' campaign accounts
§ 16-949 - Controls on spending from citizens clean elections fund
§ 16-950 - Qualification for clean elections funding
§ 16-951 - Clean elections funding
§ 16-952 - One-party-dominant legislative district
§ 16-953 - Return of monies to the citizens clean elections fund
§ 16-954 - Disposition of excess monies
§ 16-955 - Citizens clean election commission; structure
§ 16-956 - Voter education and enforcement duties
§ 16-957 - Enforcement procedure
§ 16-958 - Manner of filing reports
§ 16-959 - Inflationary and other adjustments of dollar values
§ 16-1001 - Applicability of penal provisions
§ 16-1002 - Counterfeiting or distributing unlawful ballots; classification
§ 16-1003 - False endorsement, knowing destruction or delay in delivery of ballot; classification
§ 16-1005 - Ballot abuse; violation; classification
§ 16-1006 - Changing vote of elector by corrupt means or inducement; classification
§ 16-1007 - Election officer ascertaining or disclosing elector's vote; classification
§ 16-1008 - Election officer changing vote of elector by menace or reward; classification
§ 16-1009 - Failure or refusal to perform duty by election officer; classification
§ 16-1010 - Refusal by election officer to perform duty; violation of election law; classification
§ 16-1011 - Counterfeiting election returns; violation; classification
§ 16-1012 - Intimidation of elector by employer; classification
§ 16-1013 - Coercion or intimidation of elector; classification
§ 16-1014 - Corruption of electors; classification
§ 16-1015 - Election wagers; classification
§ 16-1017 - Unlawful acts by voters with respect to voting; classification
§ 16-1018 - Additional unlawful acts by persons with respect to voting; classification
§ 16-1019 - Political signs; printed materials; tampering; violation; classification
§ 16-1020 - Signing of petitions; violation; classification
§ 16-1021 - Enforcement by attorney general and county, city or town attorney
§ 16-1022 - Campaign finance violations; classification
§ 16-1101 - Redistricting; legislative district designation
§ 16-1103 - Legislative and congressional redistricting; census enumeration