Arizona 2022 Regular Session

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1		-	~~Senate Engrossed~~ registration database; federal voters; report State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 ~~SENATE BILL~~ 1012 AN ACT repealing section 16-138, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 16-138; relating to qualification and registration of electors. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
	1	+	PREFILED DEC 03 2021 REFERENCE TITLE: registration database; federal voters; report State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 SB 1012 Introduced by Senator Townsend AN ACT repealing section 16-138, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 16-138; relating to qualification and registration of electors. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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	9	+	REFERENCE TITLE: registration database; federal voters; report
	10	+	State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
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9		-	Senate Engrossed registration database; federal voters; report
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51	52		AN ACT
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55	56		repealing section 16-138, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 16-138; relating to qualification and registration of electors.
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65	66		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Repeal Section 16-138, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed. Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 16-138, to read: START_STATUTE16-138. Voter registration database; federal only voters; analysis; annual report; investigation A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASE TO A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND TO THE ELECTION INTEGRITY UNIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO VOTERS WHO ARE REGISTERED AS VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES. B. THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE LEGISLATURE MUST BE QUALIFIED IN MORE THAN ONE STATE TO ANALYZE A STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW REGARDING VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. AFTER COMPLETING ITS ANALYSIS, THE PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IF THE ANALYSIS DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE PERSONS REGISTERED TO VOTE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY RECORDER AND THE COUNTY RECORDER SHALL REMOVE THOSE PERSONS FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS. C. EACH COUNTY RECORDER SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE THAT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING REGARDING VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES: 1. A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY RECORDER'S PROCEDURES REGARDING REGISTERING THOSE VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES. 2. THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN THAT COUNTY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES. 3. THE NUMBER OF THOSE VOTERS WHOSE CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN OTHERWISE SUBSEQUENTLY VERIFIED AND WHOSE STATUS HAS CHANGED TO VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE A FULL BALLOT. 4. A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE OBSTACLES TO OBTAINING VOTER REGISTRANTS' DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP THAT COMPLIES WITH THIS STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO CHANGING THEIR STATUS TO VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE A FULL BALLOT. 5. THE NUMBER OF THOSE VOTERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO BE INELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THIS STATE AND WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS. D. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHALL INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE, AS APPROPRIATE, ANY PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND WHO KNOWINGLY REGISTERS TO VOTE. END_STATUTE
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67	68		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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71	72		Section 16-138, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
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73	74		Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 16-138, to read:
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75	76		START_STATUTE16-138. Voter registration database; federal only voters; analysis; annual report; investigation
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77	78		A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASE TO A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND TO THE ELECTION INTEGRITY UNIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO VOTERS WHO ARE REGISTERED AS VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES.
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79	80		B. THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE LEGISLATURE MUST BE QUALIFIED IN MORE THAN ONE STATE TO ANALYZE A STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW REGARDING VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. AFTER COMPLETING ITS ANALYSIS, THE PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IF THE ANALYSIS DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE PERSONS REGISTERED TO VOTE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY RECORDER AND THE COUNTY RECORDER SHALL REMOVE THOSE PERSONS FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS.
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81	82		C. EACH COUNTY RECORDER SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE THAT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING REGARDING VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES:
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83	84		1. A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY RECORDER'S PROCEDURES REGARDING REGISTERING THOSE VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES.
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85	86		2. THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN THAT COUNTY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ONLY FOR FEDERAL OFFICES.
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87	88		3. THE NUMBER OF THOSE VOTERS WHOSE CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN OTHERWISE SUBSEQUENTLY VERIFIED AND WHOSE STATUS HAS CHANGED TO VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE A FULL BALLOT.
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89	90		4. A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE OBSTACLES TO OBTAINING VOTER REGISTRANTS' DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP THAT COMPLIES WITH THIS STATE'S VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO CHANGING THEIR STATUS TO VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE A FULL BALLOT.
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91	92		5. THE NUMBER OF THOSE VOTERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO BE INELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THIS STATE AND WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS.
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93	94		D. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHALL INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE, AS APPROPRIATE, ANY PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND WHO KNOWINGLY REGISTERS TO VOTE. END_STATUTE