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HB4067 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
H.b. 4067
voter registration status; inactive
Purpose
Allows county recorders to include additional voter status indications in
precinct registers, signature rosters and electronic pollbooks, including
not
registered, suspense
,
not eligible
and
canceled
.
Background
If a county
recorder receives information indicating a change to an elector's address, the
county recorder must send a notice to the elector at the address that appears
in the general county register or to the forwarding address provided by the
U.S. Postal Service. The notice must include an internet address that the
elector may use to revise the voter registration or a voter registration form
and a statement that if the elector does not complete and return a new
registration form with the elector's current information or update the
registration online within 35 days, the elector's registration status will be
changed to inactive.
County recorders
maintain an inactive voter list with the names of electors who are removed from
the general register for failure to update the elector's voter registration
information within two general election cycles. The inactive voter list is
maintained for four years or through the date of the second general election
with a federal office following the date of the notice from the county
recorder. The county recorder must cancel the registration of a voter on the
inactive voter list if the elector does not vote in an election during the
period commencing the date of the notice for two general election cycles
(A.R.S. ��
16-165
and
16-166
).
By election day,
the county recorder must provide each precinct with the names of electors on
the inactive voter list. If a person who appears at a polling place is not on
the precinct register, an election official must determine whether the person
is on the inactive voter list. If the person is on the inactive voter list and
continues to reside at the address indicated on the inactive voter list, then
the person may vote at the polling place. If the person resides at a new
address that is different than indicated, the person must vote at the polling
place for the new address (
A.R.S.
� 16-583
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state
General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Allows
county recorders to include additional voter status indications in precinct
registers, signature rosters and electronic pollbooks, including
not registered,
suspense
,
not eligible
and
canceled
.
2.
States
that the
not registered
status is for a registrant who submitted a state
voter registration form without satisfactory evidence of citizenship and the
county recorder has not found satisfactory evidence of citizenship for that
registrant through governmental databases, and the county recorder has mailed
notice to that registrant informing them that satisfactory evidence is required
for registration.
3.
States
that the
suspense
status is for a registrant who:
a)
submitted a voter registration form that was incomplete for reasons
other than the failure to provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship or who
submitted a voter registration form with an invalid residence address, and who
did not timely respond to the county recorder's request for information; or
b)
is not currently 18 years old but who will be by the next general
election, in which case they must be moved to
active
status by their
18th birthday.
4.
States
that the
not eligible
status is for a registrant who:
a)
will not be 18 years old by the next general election and who therefore
are ineligible to be registered to vote; or
b)
has a nonoperating identification license or a citizenship or
immigration number that indicates noncitizenship, and to whom the county
recorder has mailed a notice informing the registrant that satisfactory
evidence of citizenship is needed and is waiting for a response from the
registrant.
5.
States
that the
canceled
status is for a registrant who:
a)
has died;
b)
is convicted of a felony and whose civil rights have not been restored;
c)
is declared incapacitated;
d)
moves out of the jurisdiction;
e)
self-reported as a noncitizen or nonresident of the jurisdiction on a
jury duty questionnaire;
f)
requested cancellation; or
g)
is on inactive status for a period of four years or through the date of
the second general election for federal office as prescribed.
6.
Specifies
that county recorders must provide precincts with the names of electors on the
inactive voter list by way of a precinct register, a signature roster or an
electronic pollbook.
7.
Applies,
to polling places as well as other voting locations, existing procedures for
determining whether persons who are not on the precinct register and who appear
at a polling place are eligible to vote and where they should vote.
8.
Makes
technical and conforming changes.
9.
Becomes
effective on the general effective date.
House Action
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HB4067 - 572R - H Ver
House Engrossed
voter registration
status; inactive
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 4067
AN
ACT
amending section 16-583, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to voter registration.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section
1.
1. Section
16-583, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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16-583.
Voter not on
precinct register; inactive voter list; procedure
A. On or before election day, the county recorder
shall provide to each precinct the names of electors on the inactive voter list
by way of a precinct register, a signature ROSTER or an electronic
pollbook
. If a person whose name is not on the precinct
register appears at a polling place
or other voting location
,
an election official shall determine whether the person is on the inactive
voter list. If the person is on the inactive voter list, the registrant, on
affirmation by the registrant before an election official at the polling place
or other voting location
that the registrant continues to
reside at the address indicated on the inactive voter list, shall be
permitted
allowed
to vote at that polling
place
or other voting location
. The elector's
name shall be entered on a separate signature roster page at the end of the
signature roster, and voters' names shall be numbered consecutively. If the
registrant
is at a polling place and the REGISTRANT
indicates
that the registrant lives at a new residence, the election official shall
direct the registrant to the polling place for the new address.
B. In addition to listing the
inactive voters on or with the precinct register, signature roster or
electronic pollbook, the county recorder
may include the
following information in or with the precinct register, signature roster or
electronic pollbook for each voter whose registration status is as follows:
1. "Not registered" status
for a registrant who submitted a state voter registration form without
satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county recorder has not found
satisfactory evidence of citizenship for that registrant through governmental
databases and the county recorder has mailed a notice to that registrant that
informs the registrant that satisfactory evidence of citizenship is required
for registration.
2. "Suspense" status for a
registrant:
(
a
) Who
submitted a voter registration form that was incomplete for reasons other than
the failure to provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship or who submitted a
voter registration form with an invalid residence address. In either case, the registrant
did not timely respond to the county recorder's request for information.
(
b
) Who is not
currently eighteen years of age but who will be eighteen years of age by the
next general election. This registrant will be moved to active status on the
registrant's eighteenth birthday.
3. "Not eligible" status
for a
registrant:
(
a
) Who will
not be eighteen years of age before the next general election and who is
therefore ineligible to be registered to vote.
(
b
) Who has a
nonoperating identification license or a citizenship or immigration number that
indicates noncitizenship, to whom the county recorder mailed a notice informing
the registrant that satisfactory evidence of citizenship is needed to complete
the registration and the county recorder is waiting for a response.
4. "Canceled" status for a
registrant who:
(
a
) Died.
(
b
) Is
convicted of a felony and the registrant's civil rights are not restored.
(
c
) Is declared
incapacitated.
(
d
) Moves out
of the jurisdiction.
(
e
) Self-reported
as a noncitizen or nonresident of the jurisdiction on a jury duty
questionnaire.
(
f
) Requested
cancellation.
(
g
) Is on
inactive status for a period of four years or through the date of the second
general election for federal office as prescribed by section 16-166.
B.
C.
Following
the election, the county recorder shall remove from inactive status all
electors who voted pursuant to subsection A
of this section
,
shall place the electors' names back on the general register and shall return
the electors' status to active.
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