Title 16 — Elections and Electors

A. Every resident of this state is qualified to register to vote if the resident: 1. Is a citizen of the United States and has provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship as prescribed in section 16-166. 2. Will be eighteen years of age or more on or before the date of the regu…

A power of attorney or other form of proxy is not valid for use by a person in any procedure or transaction concerning elections, including voter registration, petition circulation or signature, voter registration cancellation, early ballot requests or voting another person's bal…

A. A qualified person temporarily absent from the state may register by filling out an affidavit of registration which shall be furnished upon request of the registrant by the county recorder of the county in which the registrant has residence pursuant to section 16-593. The regi…

A. This chapter, except as it applies to registration of absent electors, is applicable to cities and towns incorporated under a common council government. B. In the registration of electors other than absent electors in a city or town incorporated under a common council governme…

The provisions of this chapter do not preclude the registration of electors required by the charter or ordinances of a city or town.

For the purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Applicant" means a person who applies for a driver's license. 2. "Driver's license" means any class of driver's license or a nonoperating identification license issued by the motor vehicle division of th…

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…

A. An elector shall not vote in an election called pursuant to the laws of this state unless the elector has been registered to vote as a resident within the boundaries or the proposed boundaries of the election district for which the election is being conducted and the registrat…

A. A person who is qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 and who is properly registered to vote, if the person is at least eighteen years of age on or before the date of the election and has provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship as prescribed in section…

A. A person is presumed to be properly registered to vote on completion of a registration form as prescribed by section 16-152 that contains at least the name, the residence address or the location, proof of location of residence as prescribed by section 16-123, the date and plac…

No person shall be permitted to vote unless such person's name appears as a qualified elector in both the general county register and in the precinct register or list of the precinct and election districts or proposed election districts in which such person resides, except as pro…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Any public officer of the state, including a judge of the court of appeals, whose post of duty is located in a county other than in the county from which elected or appointed, and who is physically residing where his post of duty is located, shall be deemed a qualified elector an…

A registered elector who moves from one county to another county during the twenty-nine day period preceding either a primary, general or runoff election is deemed to be a resident and registered elector of the county from which the elector moved until the day after the primary, …

A. Each person who is properly registered as an elector in any precinct in this state and who has begun residence in another state after the thirtieth day immediately preceding an election in which presidential electors are chosen shall retain his right to vote for presidential e…

1. A person who has registered to vote and who has not provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship as prescribed by section 16-166 is not eligible to vote in presidential elections. 2. A person who has not provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship pursuant to section 16-166…

[Repealed or reserved.]

A. The county recorder, a justice of the peace or a deputy registrar shall supply, without charge, a registration form to any qualified person requesting registration information. B. The county recorder shall distribute state mail in registration forms at locations throughout the…

B. The secretary of state shall provide to the department voter registration forms and instructions to applicants to mail completed voter registration forms to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall forward the completed voter registration forms to the appropriate c…

(L21, Ch. 405, sec. 4) The secretary of state and each county recorder shall post on their public website a list of each event that the office of the secretary of state or the county recorder attends and provides voter registration services. Each event shall be posted on the publ…

A. A county recorder shall authorize persons to accept registration forms, shall designate places for receipt of registration forms and shall designate additional locations for distribution of voter registration forms. Public assistance agencies and disabilities agencies as defin…

A. An elector who is correcting the residence address shown on the elector's voter registration record shall reregister with the new residence address or correct the voter registration record as prescribed by this section. B. An elector who moves from the address at which the ele…

An elector desiring to state a preference for a political party or organization other than the one indicated by the record of his registration shall reregister.

An elector desiring to register under a new name, resulting either from a court order or marriage, shall reregister and shall state on the new affidavit of registration the elector's former legal name. An elector may also correct the voter registration record by providing the new…

(L21, Ch. 405, sec. 4) A. The secretary of state shall provide access to the statewide voter registration database to a person or entity that is designated by the legislature and to the election integrity unit of the attorney general's office for the purposes of determining wheth…

Necessary expenses incurred by the county recorder in carrying out the provisions of this title relating to the registration of electors shall be a county charge.

A. All public assistance agencies and disabilities agencies in this state shall provide the opportunity to register to vote for those persons who apply for benefits or appear at the agency to renew, recertify or change address information. The voter registration form shall be acc…

Armed forces recruiting offices shall provide each person who applies to enter the armed forces the opportunity to register to vote. The county recorder for the county in which the office is located shall provide the office with state mail in voter registration forms. The recruit…

A. The secretary of state or the secretary's designee is: 1. The chief state election officer who is responsible for coordination of state responsibilities under the national voter registration act of 1993 (P.L. 103-31; 107 Stat. 77; 42 United States Code section 394) and under t…

B. The attorney general shall use all available resources to verify the citizenship status of the applicant and at a minimum shall compare the information available on the application for registration with the following: 1. The department of transportation databases of Arizona dr…

B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 6 felony.

[Repealed or reserved.]

A. Blank state voter registration forms for registration of electors shall be supplied by the county recorder. B. The secretary of state shall make available for distribution through governmental and private entities the voter registration forms that are prescribed by the electio…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The form used for the registration of electors shall contain: 1. The date the registrant signed the form. 2. The registrant's given name, middle name, if any, and surname. 3. The complete address of the registrant's actual place of residence, …

A. Eligible persons, and any other registered voter who resides at the same residence address as the eligible person, may request that the general public be prohibited from accessing the eligible person's identifying information, including any of the following: 1. That person's d…

A. When the registration form is filled out, signed by the elector and received by the county recorder, it shall constitute an official public record of the registration of the elector. B. On the dates prescribed by section 16-168, subsection G, the county recorder shall report t…

The county recorder shall provide a means of retaining registration forms and records of cancellation of registration. The records shall be retained as prescribed by sections 41-151.15 and 41-151.19.

A. The county recorder, on receipt of a registration in proper form, shall assign the registration record to its proper precinct and alphabetical arrangement in the general county register. The general county register shall be preserved permanently to reflect the registration as …

A. On receipt of a new registration form that effects a change of precinct, political party, address or name, the county recorder shall indicate electronically in the county voter registration database that the registration has been canceled and the date and reason for cancellati…

A. The county recorder shall cancel a registration: 1. At the request of the person registered. 2. When the county recorder is informed and confirms that the person registered is dead. 3. If the person has been adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14-5101. 4.…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. Except for the mailing of sample ballots, a county recorder who mails an item to any elector shall send the mailing by nonforwardable first class mail marked with the statement required by the postmaster to receive an address correction notifi…

A. By the tenth day preceding the primary and general elections the county recorder shall prepare from the original registration forms or from electronic media at least four lists that are printed or typed on paper, or at least two electronic media poll lists, or any combination …

The county contributions to the voter registration system fund is established consisting of monies transferred from counties to the secretary of state pursuant to an agreement between a county and the secretary of state relating to developing and administering the statewide datab…

A. Upon completion of the precinct registers, the county recorder shall certify to their completeness and correctness and shall transmit them to the election boards. A copy shall be retained by the county recorder in either print or electronic media for verification purposes on e…

Upon return of the signature rosters to the board of supervisors after the election, the board shall immediately return them to the county recorder, who may compare the names and signatures with the names and signatures in corresponding precincts in the general county register, a…

The signature roster of a precinct register shall be retained permanently, and transfer shall be pursuant to sections 41-151.15 and 41-151.19. Signature rosters may be retained pursuant to this section in an electronic format.

A. Any political subdivision of this state conducting an election pursuant to the laws of this state, which lies within a county, may use the county registration rolls to conduct such an election. The governing body of such a political subdivision shall negotiate a contract with …

In each county in which an electronic data processing system or program is used for voter registration, the county recorder shall prepare a detailed and complete explanation of such data processing system or program and any subsequent revision. The county recorder shall retain on…

An intentional failure of an authorized person to return the completed registration materials as provided in this chapter is a class 2 misdemeanor.

A. A person who knowingly causes, procures or allows himself to be registered as an elector of any county, city, town, district or precinct, knowing that he is not entitled to such registration, or a person who knowingly causes or procures another person to be registered as an el…