Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2780 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 03/23/2022

                    Assigned to GOV 	AS PASSED BY COMMITTEE 
 
 
 
 
ARIZONA STATE SENATE 
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session 
 
AMENDED 
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2780 
 
voter lists; images; voting records 
Purpose 
Requires a county recorder to publish a list of eligible voters, with certain identifying 
information redacted, on the county recorder's website 10 days before a primary and general 
election. Requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to digitally publish a list of all persons who voted 
in an election and the voting method used, all ballot images and a sortable cast vote record.  
Background 
The officer in charge of elections must ensure that electronic or digital ballot images are 
protected from physical or electronic access, including unauthorized copying or transferring, and 
that all security measures are at least as protective as those for paper ballots (A.R.S. § 16-625).  
The SOS must develop and administer a statewide voter registration database that contains 
the name and registration information of every registered voter in Arizona. The database must: 1) 
include a unique identifier for each voter; 2) allow access to voter registration officials; and 3) 
allow expedited entry of voter registration information once received by county recorders (A.R.S. 
§ 16-168). The database must include a voter's registration status and personal identifying 
information, including the registrant's: 1) name; 2) residence address or location; 3) date of birth; 
and 4) attestation of citizenship (E.P.M. Ch.1 (IV)).  
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this 
legislation. 
Provisions 
1. Requires a county recorder, 10 days before a primary and general election, to publish a list of 
all eligible voters, including the voters names and addresses. 
2. Requires the county recorder's list of all eligible persons include voters who are on the inactive 
voter list. 
3. Requires a county recorder to post the list of eligible voters on the county recorder's website 
and redact a voters' personal identifying information before posting the list. 
4. Requires a county recorder or other county officer in charge of elections, after a primary and 
general election and within 48 hours of delivery of the official county canvass, to submit the 
following to the SOS: 
a) a list of all persons who voted in the election, including the person's name, address and 
method of voting;  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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b) all ballot images; and 
c) the cast vote record in a sortable format. 
5. Requires a county recorder or other county officer in charge of elections to redact all voters' 
personal identifying information before submitting the list of all persons who voted in the 
election, all ballot images and the cast vote record to the SOS.  
6. Requires the SOS to publish the list of all persons who voted in the election, all ballot images 
and the cast vote record online in a convenient downloadable format immediately after receipt 
from a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections. 
7. Requires a county recorder or other county officer in charge of elections to provide for an 
identifying indicator to be linked to ballots or ballot images that, when combined with access 
to the cast vote record, allows a person a reasonable basis to independently confirm tabulation 
results by batch of ballots. 
8. Requires a county officer in charge of elections to ensure that paper ballots are sorted in a 
manner that allows for convenient retrieval.  
9. Prohibits a person from using a voter list that is published or posted for commercial purposes.  
10. Requires the total number of protected voters to be included on the list of all persons who voted 
in the election, all ballot images and the cast vote record without the inclusion of any names, 
addresses or voter other information. 
11. Defines personal identifying information as the voter's: 
a) month and day of birth; 
b) driver license number; 
c) nonoperating identification license number; 
d) social security number or portion of that number, as applicable;  
e) Indian census number; 
f) father's name and mother's maiden name; 
g) state and county of birth; and  
h) the records that contain a voter's signature and a voter's email address.  
12. Becomes effective on the general effective date. 
Amendments Adopted by Committee 
1. Requires a county recorder to post the list of eligible voters on the county recorder's website 
and redact the voter's personal identifying information before posting the list and as applicable.  
2. Requires the county recorder's list of all eligible persons include voters who are on the inactive 
voter list. 
3. Requires a county recorder to submit a list of persons who voted in an election, ballot images 
and the vote cast record to the SOS for publishing within 48 hours after the delivery of the 
official county canvass, rather than 5 days before the county canvas.  FACT SHEET – Amended  
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4. Requires the list of persons who voted in an election to include voters names and addresses 
and requires the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections to redact a voters' 
personal identifying information. 
5. Requires the SOS, rather than a county recorder or other county officer in charge of elections, 
to publish: 
a) a list of all persons who voted in the election, including the person's name, address and 
method of voting; 
b) all ballot images; and 
c) the cast vote record in a sortable format. 
6. Prohibits a person from using a voter list that is published or posted for commercial purposes.  
7. Requires the total number of protected voters to be included on the list of persons who voted 
in an election, ballot images and the vote cast record without including any names, addresses 
or other information for those protected voters. 
8. Defines personal identifying information as the voter's: 
a) month and day of birth only; 
b) driver license number; 
c) nonoperating identification license number; 
d) social security number or portion of that number, as applicable;  
e) Indian census number; 
f) father's name; 
g) mother's maiden name; 
h) state and county of birth; and  
i) the records that contain a voter's signature and a voter's email address.  
9. Makes technical and conforming changes.  
House Action 	Senate Action 
GE 2/16/22 DPA 7-6-0-0 GOV 3/21/22 DPA 4-2-1 
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