HB 2617
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: GE DP 7-6-0-0
HB 2617: voter registration; cancellations; causes
Sponsor: Representative Chaplik, LD 23
Caucus & COW
Overview
Outlines additional reasons for a voter registration to be cancelled.
History
The county recorder is required to cancel a voter registration:
1) At the request of the registered person;
2) When the county recorder knows of the death of the registered person;
3) If the person has been adjudicated an incapacitated person;
4) When the registered person has been convicted of a felony and the judgment of
conviction has not been set aside or reversed;
5) On production of a certified copy of a judgment directing the cancellation to be made;
6) Promptly after the election if the registered person has applied for a ballot to vote in a
presidential election after moving from the state;
7) When a person has been on the inactive voter list and has not voted within the
prescribed time periods;
8) When the county recorder receives written information from the registered person of a
change of residence out of county and the person has not returned a new registration;
or
9) When the county recorder receives written information from the registered person that
the person has a change of address outside of the county (A.R.S. § 16-165).
Provisions
1. Directs the county recorder to cancel a voter registration when the county recorder knows,
receives or obtains information regarding the death of the registered person. (Sec. 1)
2. Instructs the county recorder to cancel a voter registration when the county recorder receives
information that the registered person:
a) Is not a United States citizen, including when the county recorder receives a juror
questionnaire on which a registered voter has stated that the person is not a United States
citizen;
b) Has been issued a driver license or other state-issued identification from another state; or
c) Is otherwise not a qualified elector as prescribed in statute. (Sec. 1)
3. Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation to furnish a list of people who have been
issued a driver license or other state-issued identification in another state to the Secretary of
State monthly. (Sec. 1)
4. Stipulates that the Secretary of State must provide to the appropriate county recorder a list of
registered voters in that county who have been issued a driver license or other state-issued
identification from another state. (Sec. 1)
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5. Directs the Secretary of State, 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. 1)
6. 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 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. 1)
7. States that the county recorder must compare the electronic verification of vital events system
maintained by a national association for public health statistics, for people who are registered
to vote without satisfactory evidence of citizenship, with the information on the person's voter
registration file. (Sec. 1)
8. Requires the county recorder to regularly review relevant city, town, county, state and federal
databases to ensure people who are registered to vote are qualified electors pursuant to
statute. (Sec. 1)
9. Instructs the Secretary of State, at the end of each quarter, to report to the Legislature the
number of deaths reported by the Arizona Department of Health Services and the number of
voter registration cancellation notices issued by the Secretary of State to the county recorders
as a result of those reports. (Sec. 1)
10. Directs the jury commissioner or jury manager to forward a copy of any jury questionnaire on
which a person has indicated that the person is not a United States citizen or does not reside
in the county to the Secretary of State and county recorder. (Sec. 2)
11. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)