House Engrossed multistate voter registration system; prohibition State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HOUSE BILL 2206 AN ACT amending section 16-166, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 16-174, 16-175 and 16-176; relating to qualification and registration of electors. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed multistate voter registration system; prohibition
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HOUSE BILL 2206
House Engrossed
multistate voter registration system; prohibition
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HOUSE BILL 2206
AN ACT
amending section 16-166, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 16-174, 16-175 and 16-176; relating to qualification and registration of electors.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 16-166, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE16-166. Verification of registration A. Except for the mailing of sample ballots, a county recorder who mails an item to any elector shall send the mailing by nonforwardable first class mail marked with the statement required by the postmaster to receive an address correction notification. If the item is returned undelivered, the county recorder shall send a follow-up notice to that elector within three weeks of receipt of the returned notice. The county recorder shall send the follow-up notice to the address that appears in the general county register or to the forwarding address provided by the United States postal service. The follow-up notice shall include an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information or a registration form and the information prescribed by section 16-131, subsection C and shall state that if the elector does not complete and return a new registration form with current information to the county recorder or make changes to the elector's voter registration information that is maintained online within thirty-five days, the elector's registration status shall be changed from active to inactive. B. If the elector provides the county recorder with a new registration form or otherwise revises the elector's information, the county recorder shall change the general register to reflect the changes indicated on the new registration. If the elector indicates a new residence address outside that county, the county recorder shall forward the voter registration form or revised information to the county recorder of the county in which the elector's address is located. If the elector provides a new residence address that is located outside this state, the county recorder shall cancel the elector's registration. C. The county recorder shall maintain on the inactive voter list the names of electors who have been removed from the general register pursuant to subsection A or E of this section for a period of four years or through the date of the second general election for federal office following the date of the notice from the county recorder that is sent pursuant to subsection E of this section. D. On notice that a government agency has changed the name of any street, route number, post office box number or other address designation, the county recorder shall revise the registration records and shall send a new verification of registration notice to the electors whose records were changed. E. The county recorder on or before May 1 of each year preceding a state primary and general election or more frequently as the recorder deems necessary may use the change of address information supplied by the postal service through its licensees and the information provided by an electronic voter registration information center to identify registrants whose addresses may have changed. If it appears from information provided by the postal service or an electronic voter registration information center that a registrant has moved to a different residence address, the county recorder shall send the registrant a notice of the change by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may verify or correct the registration information. If the registrant fails to revise the information or return the form postmarked not later than thirty-five days after the mailing of the notice, the elector's registration status shall be changed from active to inactive. If the notice sent by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote. If the registrant does not vote in an election during the period after the date of the notice from the recorder through the date of the second general election for federal office following the date of that notice, the registrant's name shall be removed from the list of inactive voters. If the registrant has changed residence to a new county, the county recorder shall provide information on how the registrant can continue to be eligible to vote. F. The county recorder shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Satisfactory evidence of citizenship shall include any of the following: 1. The number of the applicant's driver license or nonoperating identification license issued after October 1, 1996 by the department of transportation or the equivalent governmental agency of another state within the United States if the agency indicates on the applicant's driver license or nonoperating identification license that the person has provided satisfactory proof of United States citizenship. 2. A legible photocopy of the applicant's birth certificate that verifies citizenship to the satisfaction of the county recorder. 3. A legible photocopy of pertinent pages of the applicant's United States passport identifying the applicant and the applicant's passport number or presentation to the county recorder of the applicant's United States passport. 4. A presentation to the county recorder of the applicant's United States naturalization documents or the number of the certificate of naturalization. If only the number of the certificate of naturalization is provided, the applicant shall not be included in the registration rolls until the number of the certificate of naturalization is verified with the United States immigration and naturalization service by the county recorder. 5. Other documents or methods of proof that are established pursuant to the immigration reform and control act of 1986. 6. The applicant's bureau of Indian affairs card number, tribal treaty card number or tribal enrollment number. G. Notwithstanding subsection F of this section, any person who is registered in this state on the effective date of this amendment to this section is deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and shall not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the person is changing voter registration from one county to another. H. For the purposes of this section, proof of voter registration from another state or county is not satisfactory evidence of citizenship. I. A person who modifies voter registration records with a new residence ballot shall not be required to submit evidence of citizenship. After citizenship has been demonstrated to the county recorder, the person is not required to resubmit satisfactory evidence of citizenship in that county. J. After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county recorder shall indicate this information in the person's permanent voter file. After two years the county recorder may destroy all documents that were submitted as evidence of citizenship. K. Except as prescribed by section 16-174, THIS STATE MAY not BE A MEMBER OF ANY MULTISTATE VOTER REGISTRATION OR VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION THAT REQUIRES THAT THIS STATE PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH INFORMATION DERIVED FROM VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS. L. If the secretary of state or the county recorder receives information from any governmental entity that a registered voter is ineligible because the voter is deceased, adjudicated a convicted felon without having had the person's voting rights restored, adjudicated an incapacitated person, is not at least eighteen years of age, is not a united states citizen, is a fictitious person or has listed an address that is not the voter's address of legal residence, the county recorder shall suspend the person's registration status, notify the person of the suspension and the reason for the suspension and allow the person to revise, clarify, confirm or cancel the person's voter registration. M. Any voter whose voter REGISTRATION is CANCELED on the basis of a determination of ineligibility and who subsequently becomes eligible to vote must reregister in order to vote. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 16-174, 16-175 and 16-176, to read: START_STATUTE16-174. Nongovernmental list maintenance organization; annual report A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SHARE AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO VERIFY VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL BE COMPOSED SOLELY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY prescribed by this section, THE AGREEMENT TO JOIN THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REQUIRE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DESIGNEE, SERVE AS A FULL MEMBER WITH VOTING RIGHTS ON THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER JOINING THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. B. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY SHARE CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT INFORMATION AFTER BECOMING A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IF: 1. EACH MEMBER OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SHARED INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. 2. THE BYLAWS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REQUIRE MEMBER STATES AND THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. C. THE SECRETARY OF STATE may BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ONLY IF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY THE PARTICIPATING STATES. THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY NOT BE OPERATED OR CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER ENTITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME FROM ANY MEMBERSHIP. D. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BECOMES A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY: 1. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROVIDE DRIVER LICENSE OR NONOPERATING IDENTIFICATION LICENSE INFORMATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING AND EXCHANGING VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. 2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL DESCRIBE THE TERMS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE REASONS FOR THEIR REMOVAL. E. If tHE SECRETARY OF STATE receives information FROM ANOTHER STATE THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL OR EXEMPT PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE, the secretary of state SHALL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY recorder TO CONDUCT voter REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.END_STATUTE START_STATUTE16-175. Voter registration list maintenance program A. THE COUNTY RECORDER SHALL ESTABLISH A GENERAL voter REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MUST BE UNIFORM, NONDISCRIMINATORY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 (P.L. 89-110), THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 (P.L. 103-31) AND THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002 (P.L. 107-252). B. For any county that does not use the change of address information supplied by the postal service through its licensees as a method to update its voter registration rolls as prescribed by section 16-166, subsection E, the county recorder shall mail to voters who did not vote during an election cycle or who did not update their voter registration information a notice by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may verify or correct the registration information. If the notice sent by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote. All list maintenance actions associated with each voter must be entered, tracked, recorded and maintained in the statewide voter registration system. C. A voter's registration may not be canceled later than ninety days before the date of a primary or general election that includes a federal office. This section does not preclude the correction of registration records based on information submitted by the voter or cancellation of a voter's registration at any time on the voter's written request, by reason of the voter's death or on a determination that the voter was adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14-5101. D. Not later than july 31 and january 31 of each year, the county recorder shall certify to the secretary of state the address list maintenance activities conducted during the first six months and the second six months of the year, respectively, including the number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of voters designated as inactive and the number of registrations canceled. E. If the secretary of state determines that a county recorder has not conducted the voter registration list maintenance activities required by this section, the secretary of state shall conduct the appropriate voter registration list maintenance activities for that county. A person who fails to perform voter registration list maintenance activities as prescribed by this section commits an act involving nonfeasance in public office pursuant to section 38-443.END_STATUTE START_STATUTE16-176. Model list maintenance forms The secretary of state may provide model voter registration list maintenance forms that may be used by the county recorders. These forms shall include an address confirmation request that must CONTAIN: 1. The voter's name and the address of the voter's legal residence as shown on the voter's registration record. 2. A request that the voter notify the county recorder if either the voter's name or address of legal resi[L. If the secretary of state or the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections receives information from any governmental entity that a registered voter is ineligible because the voter is deceased, adjudicated a convicted felon without having had the person's voting rights restored, adjudicated an incapacitated person, is not at least eighteen years of age, is not a united states citizen, is a fictitious person or has listed an address that is not the voter's address of legal residence, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall suspend the person's registration status, notify the person of the suspension and the reason for the suspension and allow the person to revise, clarify, confirm or cancel the person's voter registration. M. Any voter whose voter REGISTRATION is CANCELED on the basis of a determination of ineligibility and who subsequently becomes eligible to vote must reregister in order to vote.] <<Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 16-174, 16-175 and 16-176, to read: 16-174. Nongovernmental list maintenance organization; annual report [A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SHARE AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO VERIFY VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL BE COMPOSED SOLELY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY prescribed by this section, THE AGREEMENT TO JOIN THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REQUIRE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DESIGNEE, SERVE AS A FULL MEMBER WITH VOTING RIGHTS ON THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER JOINING THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. B. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY SHARE CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT INFORMATION AFTER BECOMING A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IF: 1. EACH MEMBER OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SHARED INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. 2. THE BYLAWS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REQUIRE MEMBER STATES AND THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. C. THE SECRETARY OF STATE may BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ONLY IF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY THE PARTICIPATING STATES. THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY NOT BE OPERATED OR CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER ENTITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME FROM ANY MEMBERSHIP. D. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BECOMES A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY: 1. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROVIDE DRIVER LICENSE OR NONOPERATING IDENTIFICATION LICENSE INFORMATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING AND EXCHANGING VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. 2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL DESCRIBE THE TERMS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE REASONS FOR THEIR REMOVAL. E. If tHE SECRETARY OF STATE receives information FROM ANOTHER STATE THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL OR EXEMPT PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE, the secretary of state SHALL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY recorder TO CONDUCT voter REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.]>> <<16-175. Voter registration list maintenance program A. THE COUNTY RECORDER OR OTHER OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS SHALL ESTABLISH A GENERAL REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MUST BE UNIFORM, NONDISCRIMINATORY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 (P.L. 89-110), THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 (P.L. 103-31 AND THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002 (P.L. 107-252). B. Each county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall conduct a registration list maintenance program, at a minimum, once each year, beginning not later than april 1, and any removals from the voter registration rolls shall be completed at least ninety days before the date of any primary or general election that includes a federal office. For any county that does not use the change of address information supplied by the postal service through its licensees as a method to update its voter registration rolls as prescribed by section 16-166, subsection E, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall mail to voters who did not vote during an election cycle or who did not update their voter registration information a notice by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may verify or correct the registration information. If the notice sent by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote. All list maintenance actions associated with each voter must be entered, tracked, recorded and maintained in the statewide voter registration system. C. A voters registration may not be canceled later than ninety days before the date of a primary or general election that includes a federal office. This section does not preclude the correction of registration records based on information submitted by the voter or cancellation of a voter's registration at any time on the voters written request, by reason of the voters death or on a determination that the voter was adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14-5101. D. Not later than july 31 and january 31 of each year, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall certify to the secretary of state the address list maintenance activities conducted during the first six months and the second six months of the year, respectively, including the number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of voters designated as inactive and the number of registrations canceled. E. If the secretary of state determines that a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections has not conducted the list maintenance activities required by this section, the secretary of state shall conduct the appropriate list maintenance activities for that county. A person who fails to perform list maintenance activities as prescribed by this section is guilty of nonfeasance in public office pursuant to section 38-443.>> <<16-176. Model list maintenance forms The secretary of state may provide model voter registration list maintenance forms which may be used by the county recorders or other officers in charge of elections. These forms shall include an address confirmation request that must CONTAIN: 1. The voter's name and the address of the voter's legal residence as shown on the voter's registration record. 2. A request that the voter notify the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections if either the voter's name or address of legal residence is incorrect.END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-166, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE16-166. Verification of registration
A. Except for the mailing of sample ballots, a county recorder who mails an item to any elector shall send the mailing by nonforwardable first class mail marked with the statement required by the postmaster to receive an address correction notification. If the item is returned undelivered, the county recorder shall send a follow-up notice to that elector within three weeks of receipt of the returned notice. The county recorder shall send the follow-up notice to the address that appears in the general county register or to the forwarding address provided by the United States postal service. The follow-up notice shall include an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information or a registration form and the information prescribed by section 16-131, subsection C and shall state that if the elector does not complete and return a new registration form with current information to the county recorder or make changes to the elector's voter registration information that is maintained online within thirty-five days, the elector's registration status shall be changed from active to inactive.
B. If the elector provides the county recorder with a new registration form or otherwise revises the elector's information, the county recorder shall change the general register to reflect the changes indicated on the new registration. If the elector indicates a new residence address outside that county, the county recorder shall forward the voter registration form or revised information to the county recorder of the county in which the elector's address is located. If the elector provides a new residence address that is located outside this state, the county recorder shall cancel the elector's registration.
C. The county recorder shall maintain on the inactive voter list the names of electors who have been removed from the general register pursuant to subsection A or E of this section for a period of four years or through the date of the second general election for federal office following the date of the notice from the county recorder that is sent pursuant to subsection E of this section.
D. On notice that a government agency has changed the name of any street, route number, post office box number or other address designation, the county recorder shall revise the registration records and shall send a new verification of registration notice to the electors whose records were changed.
E. The county recorder on or before May 1 of each year preceding a state primary and general election or more frequently as the recorder deems necessary may use the change of address information supplied by the postal service through its licensees and the information provided by an electronic voter registration information center to identify registrants whose addresses may have changed. If it appears from information provided by the postal service or an electronic voter registration information center that a registrant has moved to a different residence address, the county recorder shall send the registrant a notice of the change by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may verify or correct the registration information. If the registrant fails to revise the information or return the form postmarked not later than thirty-five days after the mailing of the notice, the elector's registration status shall be changed from active to inactive. If the notice sent by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote. If the registrant does not vote in an election during the period after the date of the notice from the recorder through the date of the second general election for federal office following the date of that notice, the registrant's name shall be removed from the list of inactive voters. If the registrant has changed residence to a new county, the county recorder shall provide information on how the registrant can continue to be eligible to vote.
F. The county recorder shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Satisfactory evidence of citizenship shall include any of the following:
1. The number of the applicant's driver license or nonoperating identification license issued after October 1, 1996 by the department of transportation or the equivalent governmental agency of another state within the United States if the agency indicates on the applicant's driver license or nonoperating identification license that the person has provided satisfactory proof of United States citizenship.
2. A legible photocopy of the applicant's birth certificate that verifies citizenship to the satisfaction of the county recorder.
3. A legible photocopy of pertinent pages of the applicant's United States passport identifying the applicant and the applicant's passport number or presentation to the county recorder of the applicant's United States passport.
4. A presentation to the county recorder of the applicant's United States naturalization documents or the number of the certificate of naturalization. If only the number of the certificate of naturalization is provided, the applicant shall not be included in the registration rolls until the number of the certificate of naturalization is verified with the United States immigration and naturalization service by the county recorder.
5. Other documents or methods of proof that are established pursuant to the immigration reform and control act of 1986.
6. The applicant's bureau of Indian affairs card number, tribal treaty card number or tribal enrollment number.
G. Notwithstanding subsection F of this section, any person who is registered in this state on the effective date of this amendment to this section is deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and shall not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the person is changing voter registration from one county to another.
H. For the purposes of this section, proof of voter registration from another state or county is not satisfactory evidence of citizenship.
I. A person who modifies voter registration records with a new residence ballot shall not be required to submit evidence of citizenship. After citizenship has been demonstrated to the county recorder, the person is not required to resubmit satisfactory evidence of citizenship in that county.
J. After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county recorder shall indicate this information in the person's permanent voter file. After two years the county recorder may destroy all documents that were submitted as evidence of citizenship.
K. Except as prescribed by section 16-174, THIS STATE MAY not BE A MEMBER OF ANY MULTISTATE VOTER REGISTRATION OR VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION THAT REQUIRES THAT THIS STATE PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH INFORMATION DERIVED FROM VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS.
L. If the secretary of state or the county recorder receives information from any governmental entity that a registered voter is ineligible because the voter is deceased, adjudicated a convicted felon without having had the person's voting rights restored, adjudicated an incapacitated person, is not at least eighteen years of age, is not a united states citizen, is a fictitious person or has listed an address that is not the voter's address of legal residence, the county recorder shall suspend the person's registration status, notify the person of the suspension and the reason for the suspension and allow the person to revise, clarify, confirm or cancel the person's voter registration.
M. Any voter whose voter REGISTRATION is CANCELED on the basis of a determination of ineligibility and who subsequently becomes eligible to vote must reregister in order to vote. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 16-174, 16-175 and 16-176, to read:
START_STATUTE16-174. Nongovernmental list maintenance organization; annual report
A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SHARE AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO VERIFY VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL BE COMPOSED SOLELY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY prescribed by this section, THE AGREEMENT TO JOIN THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REQUIRE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DESIGNEE, SERVE AS A FULL MEMBER WITH VOTING RIGHTS ON THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER JOINING THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
B. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY SHARE CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT INFORMATION AFTER BECOMING A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IF:
1. EACH MEMBER OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SHARED INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.
2. THE BYLAWS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REQUIRE MEMBER STATES AND THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.
C. THE SECRETARY OF STATE may BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ONLY IF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY THE PARTICIPATING STATES. THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY NOT BE OPERATED OR CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER ENTITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME FROM ANY MEMBERSHIP.
D. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BECOMES A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY:
1. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROVIDE DRIVER LICENSE OR NONOPERATING IDENTIFICATION LICENSE INFORMATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING AND EXCHANGING VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL DESCRIBE THE TERMS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE REASONS FOR THEIR REMOVAL.
E. If tHE SECRETARY OF STATE receives information FROM ANOTHER STATE THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL OR EXEMPT PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE, the secretary of state SHALL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY recorder TO CONDUCT voter REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.END_STATUTE
START_STATUTE16-175. Voter registration list maintenance program
A. THE COUNTY RECORDER SHALL ESTABLISH A GENERAL voter REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MUST BE UNIFORM, NONDISCRIMINATORY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 (P.L. 89-110), THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 (P.L. 103-31) AND THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002 (P.L. 107-252).
B. For any county that does not use the change of address information supplied by the postal service through its licensees as a method to update its voter registration rolls as prescribed by section 16-166, subsection E, the county recorder shall mail to voters who did not vote during an election cycle or who did not update their voter registration information a notice by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may verify or correct the registration information. If the notice sent by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote. All list maintenance actions associated with each voter must be entered, tracked, recorded and maintained in the statewide voter registration system.
C. A voter's registration may not be canceled later than ninety days before the date of a primary or general election that includes a federal office. This section does not preclude the correction of registration records based on information submitted by the voter or cancellation of a voter's registration at any time on the voter's written request, by reason of the voter's death or on a determination that the voter was adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14-5101.
D. Not later than july 31 and january 31 of each year, the county recorder shall certify to the secretary of state the address list maintenance activities conducted during the first six months and the second six months of the year, respectively, including the number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of voters designated as inactive and the number of registrations canceled.
E. If the secretary of state determines that a county recorder has not conducted the voter registration list maintenance activities required by this section, the secretary of state shall conduct the appropriate voter registration list maintenance activities for that county. A person who fails to perform voter registration list maintenance activities as prescribed by this section commits an act involving nonfeasance in public office pursuant to section 38-443.END_STATUTE
START_STATUTE16-176. Model list maintenance forms
The secretary of state may provide model voter registration list maintenance forms that may be used by the county recorders. These forms shall include an address confirmation request that must CONTAIN:
1. The voter's name and the address of the voter's legal residence as shown on the voter's registration record.
2. A request that the voter notify the county recorder if either the voter's name or address of legal resi[L. If the secretary of state or the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections receives information from any governmental entity that a registered voter is ineligible because the voter is deceased, adjudicated a convicted felon without having had the person's voting rights restored, adjudicated an incapacitated person, is not at least eighteen years of age, is not a united states citizen, is a fictitious person or has listed an address that is not the voter's address of legal residence, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall suspend the person's registration status, notify the person of the suspension and the reason for the suspension and allow the person to revise, clarify, confirm or cancel the person's voter registration.
M. Any voter whose voter REGISTRATION is CANCELED on the basis of a determination of ineligibility and who subsequently becomes eligible to vote must reregister in order to vote.]
<<Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 16-174, 16-175 and 16-176, to read:
16-174. Nongovernmental list maintenance organization; annual report
[A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SHARE AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO VERIFY VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL BE COMPOSED SOLELY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY prescribed by this section, THE AGREEMENT TO JOIN THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REQUIRE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DESIGNEE, SERVE AS A FULL MEMBER WITH VOTING RIGHTS ON THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER JOINING THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
B. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY SHARE CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT INFORMATION AFTER BECOMING A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IF:
1. EACH MEMBER OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SHARED INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.
2. THE BYLAWS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REQUIRE MEMBER STATES AND THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.
C. THE SECRETARY OF STATE may BECOME A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ONLY IF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY THE PARTICIPATING STATES. THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY NOT BE OPERATED OR CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER ENTITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME
FROM ANY MEMBERSHIP.
D. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BECOMES A MEMBER OF A NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY:
1. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROVIDE DRIVER LICENSE OR NONOPERATING IDENTIFICATION LICENSE INFORMATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING AND EXCHANGING VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL DESCRIBE THE TERMS OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE REASONS FOR THEIR REMOVAL.
E. If tHE SECRETARY OF STATE receives information FROM ANOTHER STATE THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL OR EXEMPT PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE, the secretary of state SHALL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY recorder TO CONDUCT voter REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.]>>
<<16-175. Voter registration list maintenance program
A. THE COUNTY RECORDER OR OTHER OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS SHALL ESTABLISH A GENERAL REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MUST BE UNIFORM, NONDISCRIMINATORY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 (P.L. 89-110), THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 (P.L. 103-31 AND THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002 (P.L. 107-252).
B. Each county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall conduct a registration list maintenance program, at a minimum, once each year, beginning not later than april 1, and any removals from the voter registration rolls shall be completed at least ninety days before the date of any primary or general election that includes a federal office. For any county that does not use the change of address information supplied by the postal service through its licensees as a method to update its voter registration rolls as prescribed by section 16-166, subsection E, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall mail to voters who did not vote during an election cycle or who did not update their voter registration information a notice by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may verify or correct the registration information. If the notice sent by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote. All list maintenance actions associated with each voter must be entered, tracked, recorded and maintained in the statewide voter registration system.
C. A voters registration may not be canceled later than ninety days before the date of a primary or general election that includes a federal office. This section does not preclude the correction of registration records based on information submitted by the voter or cancellation of a voter's registration at any time on the voters written request, by reason of the voters death or on a determination that the voter was adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14-5101.
D. Not later than july 31 and january 31 of each year, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall certify to the secretary of state the address list maintenance activities conducted during the first six months and the second six months of the year, respectively, including the number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of voters designated as inactive and the number of registrations canceled.
E. If the secretary of state determines that a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections has not conducted the list maintenance activities required by this section, the secretary of state shall conduct the appropriate list maintenance activities for that county. A person who fails to perform list maintenance activities as prescribed by this section is guilty of nonfeasance in public office pursuant to section 38-443.>>
<<16-176. Model list maintenance forms
The secretary of state may provide model voter registration list maintenance forms which may be used by the county recorders or other officers in charge of elections. These forms shall include an address confirmation request that must CONTAIN:
1. The voter's name and the address of the voter's legal residence as shown on the voter's registration record.
2. A request that the voter notify the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections if either the voter's name or address of legal residence is incorrect.END_STATUTE