HB 2237
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: GE DP 7-6-0-0
HB 2237: same day voter registration; prohibition
Sponsor: Representative Hoffman, LD 12
Caucus & COW
Overview
Prohibits a state agency from registering a person to vote on election day and deeming that
person eligible to vote in that election.
History
A person who is a resident of Arizona is qualified to register to vote if the person:
1) Is a citizen of the United States;
2) Will be 18 years or older on or before the date of the regular general election following the
registration;
3) Will have been a resident of this state 29 days before the election;
4) Is able to write the person's name or mark, unless prevented from doing so by physical
disability;
5) Has not been convicted of treason or a felony, unless restored to civil rights; and
6) Has not been adjudicated an incapacitated person (A.R.S. § 16-101).
If a person is temporarily absent from the state, the person may register to vote by filling out an
affidavit of registration that is furnished upon request of the registrant by the county recorder of
the county in which the registrant has residence. Additionally, an overseas voter as defined by
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 who is absent from the place
of residence in this state may use a federal write-in early ballot in a primary, general or special
election for the offices of presidential elector and United States senator and representative if the
voter applies for an early ballot by 7:00 p.m. on election day and does not receive that early ballot
(A.R.S. §§ 16-103,16-543.02).
Provisions
1. Stipulates that a department, division, agency, political subdivision of this state or any person
acting on its behalf may not register a person to vote on an election day and deem that person
eligible to vote in that election. (Sec. 1)
2. Specifies that a person who violates the same day voter registration prohibition is guilty of a
class 6 felony. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note