HB 2206
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: FMAE DP 4-3-0-0
HB 2206: multistate voter registration system; prohibition
Sponsor: Representative Taylor, LD 29
House Engrossed
Overview
Restricts the type of voter registration and voter registration lists maintenance organizations
the state can join and adds procedures that the Secretary of State and County Recorders
must implement related to voter registration and voter registration list maintenance.
History
The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is a non-profit organization that aims
to assist states in improving the accuracy of their voter rolls and increasing access to voter
registration. Arizona joined ERIC as a member state in 2017. The member states are
required to submit certain data, such as voter registration and motor vehicle license data.
ERIC issues the states reports that include voters who have moved, voters who have died
and individuals who are potentially eligible to vote (ERIC).
Provisions
1. Prohibits the state from being a member of a multistate voter registration or voter
registration list maintenance organization that requires the state to provide the
organization with information derived from voter registration records except as created
by this measure. (Sec. 1)
2. Instructs the County Recorder or Secretary of State to suspend a person's registration
status, if they receive information from any governmental entity that the voter is
ineligible because the person is:
a) Deceased;
b) Adjudicated an incapacitated person;
c) Under 18 years old;
d) Not a U.S. citizen;
e) A fictitious person; or
f) Has listed an address that is not the voter's legal address. (Sec. 1)
3. Requires the County Recorder or Secretary of State to provide the proper notification to
a registered voter who is found to be ineligible and allow the person to revise, clarify,
confirm or cancel their voter registration. (Sec. 1)
4. Clarifies that a person whose voter registration is canceled on the basis of a determination
of ineligibility, and who subsequently becomes eligible to vote, must reregister. (Sec. 1)
5. Allows the Secretary of State to become a member of a nongovernmental entity comprised
solely of election officials of state governments to share and exchange information to
verify voter registration information. (Sec. 2)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note HB 2206
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6. Establishes certain minimum requirements for the Secretary of State to become a
member of a nongovernmental entity for voter registration verification. (Sec. 2)
7. Establishes specified reporting requirements for the Secretary of State if the Secretary of
State becomes a member of a nongovernmental entity for voter registration verification.
(Sec. 2)
8. Instructs the County Recorder or officer in charge of elections to establish a general voter
registration list maintenance program that complies with the National Voter Registration
Act, the Voting Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act. (Sec. 2)
9. Instructs counties that do not use change of address information as a method to update
its voter rolls to mail a notice by forwardable mail to any voter who did not vote or update
their address during an election cycle which allows the voter to revise, verify or correct
their registration information. (Sec. 2)
10. Clarifies that if the notice prescribed above is not returned, the registrant may be
required to provide affirmation or confirmation of their address to vote. (Sec. 2)
11. Requires all list maintenance actions associated with each voter to be entered, tracked,
recorded and maintained in the statewide voter registration system. (Sec. 2)
12. Clarifies that a voter's registration cannot be canceled later than 90 days before a primary
or general election that includes a federal office. (Sec. 2)
13. Clarifies that a voter's registration may be corrected during the 90 day period based on
information submitted by the voter, a voter's request to have their registration canceled
or by reason of the voter's death or adjudication as an incapacitated person. (Sec. 2)
14. Instructs the County Recorder or officer in charge of elections to submit a report to the
Secretary of State by July 31 and January 31 of each year detailing address list
maintenance activities conducted. (Sec. 2)
15. Directs the Secretary of State, upon a determination that a county failed to perform the
required list maintenance duties, to conduct list maintenance activities for that county.
(Sec. 2)
16. Clarifies that a person who fails to perform list maintenance duties as prescribed by this
law is guilty of nonfeasance in public office. (Sec. 2)
17. Allows the Secretary of State to prescribe model voter registration list maintenance
forms. (Sec. 2)