{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-16-1017","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 16-1017","heading":"Unlawful acts by voters with respect to voting; classification","body":"A voter who knowingly commits any of the following acts is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor:\n\n1. Makes a false statement as to the voter's inability to mark a ballot.\n\n2. Interferes with a voter within the seventy-five foot limit of the polling place as posted by the election marshal or within seventy-five feet of the main outside entrance to an on-site early voting location established by a county recorder pursuant to section 16-542, subsection A.\n\n3. Endeavors while within the seventy-five foot limit for a polling place or on-site early voting location to induce a voter to vote for or against a particular candidate or issue.\n\n4. Prior to the close of an election defaces or destroys a sample ballot posted by election officers, or defaces, tears down, removes or destroys a card of instructions posted for the instruction of voters.\n\n5. Removes or destroys supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare the voter's ballot.\n\n6. Hinders the voting of others.\n\n7. Votes in a county in which the voter no longer resides, except as provided in section 16-125.","path":["Title 16 Elections and Electors"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/01017.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"240bd6e89ddb13d3d598289a07a4d37d68c1a70459d15e08309be888cf792c4d","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-16-1016","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-16-1018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}