early voters; signature comparison; MVD

SB1634 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

early
voters; signature comparison; MVD

(now:� driver license
voter registration; signature)

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1634

AN
ACT

amending section 16-112, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to driver license voter registration.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 16-112, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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16-112.

Driver license voter registration

A. Every person who is applying for a driver license
or renewal and who is otherwise qualified to register to vote, at the same time
and place, shall be allowed to register to vote by providing the information
prescribed by section 16-152. The method used to register
voters shall require only the minimum information necessary to prevent
duplicate registrations, to enable elections officials to determine voter
eligibility and to administer voter registration and election laws.�
A registration form shall be included for a person who is applying for a
driver license renewal by mail. On completing a form that contains
at least the information prescribed by section 16-121.01 and that may
contain the information prescribed by section 16-152 and on receipt of
that form by the county recorder from the department of transportation as
prescribed by subsection D of this section, the applicant is presumed to be
properly registered to vote. That presumption may be rebutted as
provided in section 16-121.01.

B. The director of the department of transportation
and the secretary of state shall consult at least every two years regarding
voter registration at driver license offices. The director of the
department of transportation and the secretary of state, after consultation
with all county recorders, shall adopt rules to implement a system allowing
driver license applicants to register to vote at the same time and place as
they apply for driver licenses. The rules shall:

1. Bring the license application and voter
registration application forms into substantial conformity.

2. Allow the transfer of driver license
applications, including renewal and change of address, and voter registration
information from the department of transportation to the voter registration
rolls.

3. Respect all rules and statutes of this state
concerning the confidentiality of driver license application information.

4. Provide for the manual or electronic generation
and transmittal of voter registrations and provide for electronic generation of
changes in voter registration information, including address, in conformity
with the confidentiality requirements of the national voter registration act of
1993 (P.L. 103-31; 107 Stat. 77; 52 United States Code sections 20501
through 20511).

C. The department of transportation shall provide to
applicants a statement that provides
:

1.
Each eligibility
requirement for voting, including citizenship
.
,

2.
An attestation that the
applicant meets each requirement
.
,

3.
For the signature of the
applicant under penalty of perjury
.
and,

Within five days after RECEIPT of a completed registration, the
department of transportation shall submit to the
secretary
of state completed voter registrations along with a copy of the applicant's
signature that was written by hand on a document
, and the
secretary of state shall forward the completed registrations and copies of the
applicants' signatures to the county recorder of the county in which the
applicant resides.

4.
In print that is identical
to that used in the attestation, the following:

1.

(
a
)
A description of the penalties provided by law for
the submission of a false voter registration application.

2.

(
b
)
A statement that if an applicant declines to
register to vote the fact that the applicant has declined to register will
remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.

3.

(
c
)
A statement that if an applicant does register to
vote the office at which the applicant submits a voter registration application
will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.

D. The department of transportation
shall return or mail completed registrations to the county recorder of the
county in which the applicant resides within five days after receipt of a
completed registration.
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