voter registration; same day

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text confirms the residency requirement is 'at least twenty-nine days immediately preceding the election' and that provisional ballots are required only if voting in the same election cycle.

HB2036: Same Day Voter Registration

This law allows eligible people to register to vote on election day or up to 28 days before an election, but they must use a provisional ballot for that specific race.

What This Bill Does

• Allows eligible people to register to vote during the 28 days immediately before an election if they have lived in their county and precinct for at least 29 days.
• Permits registration on election day by appearing at a polling place, filling out a form, and showing proof of residence.
• Requires new registrants under this law to cast a provisional ballot when voting in the same election where they registered.
• Limits these registrations so voters can only choose candidates for federal offices, statewide or countywide offices, and state legislature seats.
• Excludes people who register under this rule from voting in partisan primary elections.

Who It Names or Affects

• People living in Arizona counties who want to register close to an election date.
• The Secretary of State and county officers responsible for running elections.
• Voters participating in general or special elections, but not those voting only in partisan primaries.

Terms To Know

Provisional ballot

A temporary vote cast by a person whose eligibility is being checked before the election results are finalized.

Partisan primary election

An early election where voters choose candidates for political parties, which this law excludes from same-day registration voting.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state a specific date when the new rules will officially begin.
• Voters who register under these rules cannot vote in partisan primary elections even if they meet other requirements.
• The text requires proof of residence for election day registration but does not list exactly what documents count as valid proof.

Official Summary Text

HB2036 - voter registration; same day

Current Bill Text

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voter registration; same day

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2036

Introduced by

Representative
Travers

AN
ACT

amending title 16, chapter 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding article 1.2; relating to voter registration.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 16, chapter 1, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding article 1.2, to read:

ARTICLE 1.2. SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION

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16-115.

Registration on election day and preceding twenty-eight
days; provisional ballot; qualifying elections

A. Notwithstanding
any other law and except as provided in subsection B of this section:

1. A
person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote may register to vote
during the twenty-eight days immediately preceding an election and is eligible
to vote in that election if the person has been a resident of the county and
the precinct in which the person resides for at least twenty-nine days
immediately preceding the election, and The person completes a registration
form as provided in section 16-152.

2. A
person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote may register to vote on
election day by appearing at the polling place for the precinct in which that
person maintains the person's residence, completing a registration form as
provided in section 16-152 and providing proof of residence.

3. A
person who registers to vote pursuant to this section may vote on election day
or in the twenty-eight days immediately preceding that election only with a
provisional ballot as prescribed in section 16-584 and may vote as
otherwise provided by law for any election held at least twenty-nine days
after the election day for which the person registered.

B. Registration
pursuant to this section qualifies the person to vote only for candidates for
federal offices, including presidential electors, statewide and countywide
offices and the legislature but does not qualify a person to vote in a partisan
primary election.

C. The
secretary of state and county officers in charge of elections shall promptly
implement this article.

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