Assigned to JUDE AS PASSED BY COW
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2206
multistate voter registration system; prohibition
Purpose
Allows Arizona to become a member of a specified governmental or nongovernmental
entity for the purpose of sharing and exchanging information relating to voter registration
information. Requires the county recorder to establish a general voter registration list maintenance
program.
Background
The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections, by May 1 of each year preceding
a state primary and general election or more frequently if the recorder deems necessary, may use
the change of address information supplied by the postal service and the information provided by
an electronic voter registration information center to identify registrants whose addresses may have
changes. If it appears that a registrant has moved to a different address, the county recorder must
send the registrant a notice of the change and instructions for the registrant to revise their voter
registration information. If the registrant fails to revise the information or return the form no later
than 35 days after its mailing, the voter's registration status must be changed from active to
inactive. If the registrant has changed residence to a new county, the county recorder must provide
information on how the registrant can continue to be eligible to vote (A.R.S. § 16-166).
The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) was founded in 2012 and is funded
and governed by the states that choose to be a member of ERIC. ERIC uses voter registration and
motor vehicle department data submitted by member states, official death data from the Social
Security Administration and official change of address data from the U.S. Postal Service to provide
member states with reports in the following categories: 1) cross-state movers reports that identify
voters who appear to have moved from one member state to another; 2) in-state movers reports
that identify voters who appear to have changed address within the same member state; 3) duplicate
reports that identify voters with duplicate registrations in the same state; and 4) deceased reports
that identify voters who are deceased. Member states must request one of the outlined report types
at least once per year and act on the reports in a manner consistent with applicable state and federal
law. The Secretary of State (SOS) is responsible for acquiring, sorting and distributing registrant
information received from ERIC to the county recorders and for providing guidance on processing
data received from ERIC (EPM, Chapter 1 (VIII)(B)(2); ERIC).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits Arizona from being a member of any multistate voter registration organization or
registration list maintenance organization that requires the sharing of information derived from
voter registration records, with one outlined exception. FACT SHEET – Amended
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2. Requires the county recorder to suspend a 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 their registration, after the reception of information that a registered voter is ineligible
to vote due to the voter:
a) being deceased, adjudicated a convicted felon without having had the person's voting rights
restored;
b) not being at least 18 years old;
c) not being a U.S. citizen;
d) being a fictious person; or
e) listing an address that is not the voter's address or legal residence.
3. Requires any voter whose registration is cancelled on the basis of an ineligibility determination
to reregister in order to vote.
4. Allows the SOS to become a member of a governmental or nongovernmental entity whose sole
purpose is to share and exchange information to verify voter registration information.
5. Stipulates that membership of the entity must be composed solely of state government election
officials.
6. Requires an agreement to join an entity to include the SOS or their designee as full member
with voting rights on the entity's Board of Directors, within 12 months of joining the entity.
7. Allows the SOS to share confidential and exempt information after becoming a member state
of an entity if:
a) each member of the entity agrees to maintain the confidentiality of shared information as
required by the law of the providing state;
b) the bylaws of the entity require member states and the entity to maintain the confidentiality
of information.
8. Stipulates that if the SOS becomes a governmental or nongovernmental entity:
a) the Arizona Department of Transportation must provide driver license or nonoperating
identification information to the SOS for sharing and exchanging voter registration
information with the entity;
b) the SOS must submit a report to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the
House of Representatives by December 1 of each year detailing the terms of entity
membership and information on the total number of voters removed from the system, and
reasons for removal, as a result of the membership.
9. Requires the SOS, if it receives information from another state that is confidential or exempt,
to provide the information to the county recorder to conduct voter registration list maintenance
activities.
10. Requires the county recorder to establish a general voter registration list maintenance program,
which must be uniform, nondiscriminatory and in compliance the federal Voting Rights Act,
the federal National Voter Registration Act and the federal Help America Vote Act.
11. Requires the county recorder, if they do not use the change of address information supplied by
the postal service through its licensees as a method to update voter registration rolls, to mail a FACT SHEET – Amended
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physical or digital notice to voters who did not vote during an election cycle or update voter
registration information for the purpose of verifying or correcting their registration
information.
12. Specifies that physical notices sent to voters must be sent by way of nonforwardable mail.
13. Stipulates that the registrant may be required to provide affirmation or confirmation of their
address if the notice is not returned.
14. Requires all list maintenance actions associated with each voter to be entered, tracked, recorded
and maintained in the statewide voter registration system.
15. Prohibits a voter's registration from being cancelled later than 90 days before the date of a
primary or general election that includes a federal office.
16. Stipulates that 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 being adjudicated a felon, is not precluded by this legislation.
17. Requires the county recorder, not later than July 31 and January 31 of each year, to certify to
the SOS the address list maintenance activities conducted during the first six months and the
second six months, including the number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of
voters designated as inactive and the number of registrations cancelled.
18. Requires the SOS, upon determining that a county recorder has not conducted list maintenance
activities as outlined, to conduct appropriate list maintenance activities for that county.
19. Stipulates that a person who fails to perform list maintenance activities as outlined commits an
act of nonfeasance in public office.
20. Allows the SOS to provide model voter registration list maintenance forms that may be used
by the county recorders, which must include an address confirmation request that contains:
a) the voter's name and the address for the voter's legal residence as shown on the voter's
registration record; and
b) a request that the voter notify the county recorder if either the voter's name or address of
legal residence is incorrect.
21. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
1. Allows the SOS to become a member of a voter list maintenance organization, regardless of
whether the organization is controlled and operated by the federal government or by
participating states.
2. Removes the stipulation that the SOS must be able to withdraw from membership at any time
as a condition of joining the organization. FACT SHEET – Amended
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3. Requires county recorders to send voter registration roll correction notices by nonforwardable
mail, rather than forwardable mail.
4. Makes technical and conforming changes.
House Action Senate Action
FMAE 2/12/25 DPA 4-3-0-0 JUDE 3/26/25 DP 4-3-0
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Read 3/3/25 31-27-2
Prepared by Senate Research
April 17, 2025
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