HB 2617
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
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HB 2617: voter registration; cancellations; causes
Sponsor: Representative Chaplik, LD 23
Senate Engrossed
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 is informed
and confirms that the registered person is dead. (Sec. 1)
2. Instructs the county recorder to cancel a voter registration when the county recorder receives
and confirms 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 the equivalent of an Arizona nonoperating
identification license 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 the equivalent of an Arizona nonoperating identification license in
another state to the Secretary of State monthly. (Sec. 1)
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4. Stipulates that the Secretary of State, 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. 1)
5. Instructs the county recorder, before canceling a voter registration, to do the following:
a) Send the person notice that the registration will be canceled in 90 days unless the person
provides satisfactory evidence that the person is qualified and if the person does not
provide such evidence, the county recorder must cancel the registration and notify the
county attorney and Attorney General for possible investigation; and
b) Send notice that the registration will be canceled in 90 days unless the person provides
satisfactory evidence that the person is qualified and must include the reason for
cancellation and send it to both the address in the person's voter registration file and the
address shown in the Arizona Department of Transportation's records. (Sec. 1)
6. 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)
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 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)
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. 1)
9. Requires the county recorder to regularly review relevant city, town, county, state and federal
databases that the county recorder has access to in order to ensure people who are registered
to vote are qualified electors pursuant to statute. (Sec. 1)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. Specifies that the jury commissioner or jury manager must redact any information from the
questionnaire that is not necessary for the county recorder to accurately identify the person in
the voter registration database. (Sec. 2)
13. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
Senate Amendments
1. Specifies that the information received by the county recorder regarding citizenship comes
from a summary report from the jury commissioner or jury manager rather than a juror
questionnaire. HB 2617
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2. Stipulates that the list of persons to the Secretary of State from the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) is a list of people who ADOT has been notified have been issued a
driver license in another state.
3. Clarifies that, if accessible, the county recorder must send the reason for cancellation to the
address shown in ADOT's records.
4. Requires the county recorder to send the person notice that the voter registration will be
canceled in 90 days unless the person provides satisfactory evidence of qualification.
5. States that the county recorder must cancel the voter registration if the registered person does
not provide satisfactory evidence of qualification within 90 days.
6. Directs the jury commissioner or jury manager to forward a summary report derived from jury
questionnaire data that contains information that indicates that a person is not a citizen, rather
than a copy of a jury questionnaire.
7. Specifies that the report must only contain information necessary for the county recorder to
accurately identify the person in the voter registration database.
8. Makes technical and conforming changes.