Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2243 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 06/29/2022

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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-fifth Legislature 
Second Regular Session 
House: GE DP 7-6-0-0 | 3
rd
 Read 31-28-1-0 
Senate: GOV DP 4-3-0-0 | 3
rd
 Read 16-12-2-0 
Final Pass: 31-27-2-0 
 
HB 2243: voter registration; state residency; cancellation 
Sponsor: Representative Hoffman, LD 12 
Transmitted to the Governor 
Overview 
Requires the voter registration form to contain a statement that if a registrant permanently moves 
to another state after registering in Arizona, the voter registration will be cancelled.  
History 
The voter registration form currently used in this state is required by statute to contain various 
items and is printed in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.  In addition to identifying 
information about the registrant, the form must include a statement as to whether the registrant is 
currently registered in another state, county or precinct, and if so, the name, address, county and 
state of the previous registration (A.R.S. § 16-152).  
Provisions 
1. Includes a statement on the voter registration form specifying that if a registrant permanently 
moves to another state after registering in this state, the voter registration will be cancelled. 
(Sec. 1) 
2. Directs the county recorder to cancel a voter registration when the county recorder: 
a) Is informed and confirms that the registered person is dead; 
b) Receives an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) form from a person on which 
the person has confirmed that the person is not an Arizona resident; 
c) Receives a summary report from the jury commissioner or manager indicating that the 
person has stated that the person is not a resident of the county; and 
i. Requires the county recorder, before canceling the voter registration, to send a form 
to the person by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return 
requesting the person confirm by signature that the person is a resident of the county 
and not knowingly registered in another county or state; 
ii. The notice must inform the person that failure to return the form within 35 days 
results in the person's voter registration being canceled; and 
iii. The county recorder must cancel the voter's registration if the form is not returned in 
35 days. 
d) Obtains information and confirms that the registered person is not a United States citizen, 
including from a summary report from the jury commissioner or manager that a person 
has stated that the person is not a United States citizen. 
i. Requires the county recorder, before canceling the voter registration, to send a 
notice to the person by forwardable mail that the person's registration will be 
canceled unless satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship is provided; 
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ii. The notice must include a list of documents the person may provide and a postage 
prepaid preaddressed return envelope; and 
iii. If the person does not provide satisfactory evidence within 35 days, the county 
recorder must cancel the registration and notify the county attorney and Attorney 
General for possible investigation. (Sec. 2) 
3. Requires ADOT to furnish a list of people who ADOT has been notified have been issued a 
driver license or the equivalent of an Arizona nonoperating identification license in another 
state to the Secretary of State monthly without charge. (Sec. 2) 
4. Stipulates that the Secretary of State (SOS), within 10 days of receiving the list, must provide 
to the appropriate county recorder a list of registered voters in that county who have been 
issued a driver license or the equivalent of an Arizona nonoperating identification license from 
another state. (Sec. 2) 
5. Instructs the county recorder to: 
a) Promptly send notice by forwardable mail to each person who has obtained a driver 
license or equivalent of an Arizona nonoperating identification license in another state and 
a postage prepaid preaddressed return form requesting the person sign under penalty of 
perjury that the person is an Arizona resident and not knowingly registered  to vote in 
another state or not an Arizona resident; 
b) The notice must inform the person that failure to return the form within 90 days will result 
in the person's voter registration being placed in inactive status; 
c) If the person returns the form within the 90 days, the person's voter registration will be 
maintained in active status; and 
d) If the person fails to return the form within 90 days, the county recorder must place the 
person's voter registration in inactive status. (Sec. 2) 
6. Directs the SOS, each month, to compare the statewide voter registration database to the 
driver license database and notify the appropriate county recorder if a person who is 
registered to vote in that county is not a United States citizen or has changed the person's 
residence address. (Sec. 2) 
7. Specifies that, to the extent practicable, each month the county recorder must: 
a) Compare the county's voter registration database to the social security administration 
database; and 
b) Compare people who are registered to vote in that county and who the county recorder 
has reason to believe are not United States citizens and people who are registered to vote 
without satisfactory evidence of citizenship with the systematic alien verification for 
entitlements program maintained by the United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services in order to verify the citizenship status of the people registered. (Sec. 2) 
8. States that the county recorder must compare the electronic verification of vital events system 
maintained by a national association for public health statistics and information systems, if 
accessible, for people who are registered to vote without satisfactory evidence of citizenship, 
with the information on the person's voter registration file. (Sec. 2) 
9. Requires, to the extent practicable, the county recorder to review relevant city, town, county, 
state and federal databases that the county recorder has access to confirm information 
obtained that requires cancellation of registrations. (Sec. 2) 
10. Asserts that after canceling a voter registration, the county recorder must send a notice by 
forwardable mail informing the person that the person's registration has been canceled and 
include: 
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b) The qualifications of electors pursuant to statute; and 
c) Instructions on registering to vote if the person is qualified. (Sec. 2) 
11. Directs the SOS to report the following information to the Legislature at the end of each 
quarter: 
a) The number of deaths reported by the Arizona Department of Health Services and the 
number of voter registration cancellation notices and actual cancellations as a result of 
such information; 
b) The number of people who have been issued a driver license or equivalent of an Arizona 
nonoperating license in another state, the number of notices sent and the number of voter 
registrations that have been placed in inactive status and canceled as a result; 
c) The number of people who have stated on a jury questionnaire that the person is not a 
United States citizen or not a resident of the county, the number of notices sent and 
number of registrations canceled as a result of the notices; and 
d) The number of registrations on the inactive voter list that have been canceled pursuant to 
statute relating to the time periods that a person must vote in to not be on the inactive 
voter list. (Sec. 2) 
12. Requires the juror questionnaire to inform the person that disqualification from jury duty as a 
result of responding to the questionnaire that the person is not a resident or not a United 
States citizen will result in the person's voter registration being cancelled. (Sec. 3) 
13. Directs the jury commissioner or jury manager to forward a summary report derived from jury 
questionnaire data that contains information that indicates that the person is not a United 
States citizen or does not reside in the county to the SOS and county recorder. (Sec. 3) 
14. Specifies that the report must only contain information that is necessary for the county 
recorder to accurately identify the person in the voter registration database. (Sec. 3) 
15. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 2, 3)