COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2304
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Section 16-165, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-165. Causes for cancellation
A. The county recorder shall cancel a registration:
1. At the request of the person registered.
2. When the county recorder knows of the death of the person registered.
3. If the person has been adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14‑5101.
4. When the person registered has been convicted of a felony, and the judgment of conviction has not been reversed or set aside. The county recorder shall cancel the registration on receipt of notice of a felony conviction from the court or from the secretary of state or when reported by the elector on a signed juror questionnaire that is completed pursuant to section 21‑314.
5. On production of a certified copy of a judgment directing a cancellation to be made.
6. Promptly after the election if the person registered has applied for a ballot pursuant to section 16‑126.
7. When a person has been on the inactive voter list and has not voted during the time periods prescribed in section 16‑166, subsection C.
8. When the county recorder receives written information from the person registered that the person has a change of residence within the county and the person does not complete and return a new registration form within twenty‑nine days after the county recorder mails notification of the need to complete and return a new registration form with current information.
9. When the county recorder receives written information from the person registered that the person has a change of address outside the county.
B. If the county recorder cancels a registration pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 8 of this section, the county recorder shall send the person notice that the registration has been cancelled and a registration form with the information described in section 16‑131, subsection C attached to the form.
C. When proceedings in the superior court or the United States district court result in a person being declared incapable of taking care of himself and managing his property, and for whom a guardian of the person and estate is appointed, result in such person being committed as an insane person or result in a person being convicted of a felony, the clerk of the superior court in the county in which those proceedings occurred shall file with the secretary of state an official notice of that fact. The secretary of state shall notify the appropriate county recorder and the recorder shall cancel the name of the person on the register. Such notice shall name the person covered, shall give the person's date and place of birth if available, the person's social security number, if available, the person's usual place of residence, the person's address and the date of the notice, and shall be filed with the recorder of the county where the person last resided.
D. Each month the department of health services shall transmit to the secretary of state without charge a record of the death of every resident of the state reported to the department within the preceding month. This record shall include only the name of the decedent, the decedent's date of birth, the decedent's date of death, the decedent's social security number, if available, the decedent's usual legal residence at the time of death and, if available, the decedent's father's name or mother's maiden name. The secretary of state shall use the record for the sole purpose of canceling the names of deceased persons from the statewide voter registration database. In addition, the department of health services shall annually provide to the secretary of state from the statewide electronic death registration system without charge a record of all deaths of residents of this state that are reported to the department of health services. The records transmitted by the department of health services shall include only the name of the decedent, the decedent's date of birth, the decedent's social security number, if available, the decedent's usual legal residence at the time of death and, if available, the decedent's father's name or mother's maiden name. The secretary of state may compare the records of deaths with the statewide voter registration database. Public access to the records is prohibited. Use of information from the records for purposes other than those required by this section is prohibited. The name of each deceased person shall promptly be canceled from the statewide voter registration database and the secretary of state shall notify the appropriate county recorder and the recorder shall cancel the name of the person from the register.
E. Each month the administrative office of the courts shall obtain from the jury commissioner or jury manager as defined in section 21-101 from each county, city and town the name, date of birth, residence and, if available, the father's name or mother's maiden name of each person in the previous month who was disqualified for jury service based on lack of United States citizenship and transmit the information to the SECRETARY of state and the attorney general. The secretary of state and the attorney general shall use the record for the sole purpose of determining whether the persons are included in the statewide voter registration database and, after determining whether the person previously provided proof of United States citizenship to the SECRETARY of state, shall notify the appropriate county recorder if the person's name is in the statewide voter REGISTRATION database. The county recorder shall review the information provided and determine whether the person is properly registered to vote in that county. The SECRETARY of state shall post on the secretary of state's website the number of persons who are disqualified for jury service based on the claim of lack of United States citizenship.
Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-167, to read:
16-167. Registration rolls verification; attorney general; federal verification program; secretary of state; county recorders; report
A. The attorney general may contract with the united states citizenship and immigration services to use a program that verifies citizenship status for agencies that grant benefits to assist this state in verifying voter registration information in the statewide voter registration database. The attorney general shall have access to the statewide voter registration DATABASE for those purposes.
B. the secretary of state, the county recorders and the attorney general shall each submit quarterly reports to each member of the legislature regarding the following:
1. A description of the agency's or office's efforts to remove ineligible persons from the voter registration rolls and a description of their cooperation with other agencies or offices in doing so.
2. The number of voters removed from voter registration rolls due to the agency's or office's efforts and the basis for the removals.
Sec. 3. Section 16-580, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-580. Manner of voting; assistance for certain electors
A. Except as prescribed by subsection E of this section, only one person per voting booth shall be permitted allowed at any one time to sign for the receipt of a ballot and to wait for an opportunity to vote.
B. On receiving a ballot the voter shall promptly and without leaving the voting area retire alone, except as provided in subsection E of this section, to one of the voting booths that is not occupied, prepare the ballot in secret and vote in the manner and substantial form as required by the instruction to voters.
C. The voter shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box, or if the voter so requests, hand the ballot to the election board official and permit the election board official to deposit the ballot in the ballot box.
D. After the ballot is deposited, the voter shall then proceed outside the voting area and shall not again enter the voting area unless the voter is an authorized election official or an official observer or is assisting another voter.
E. Any registered voter, at the voter's option, may be accompanied by a minor who is permitted allowed in the voting booth pursuant to section 16‑515, subsection E, be accompanied and assisted by a person of the voter's own choice if the voter requires assistance due to a disability or be assisted by two election officials, one from each major political party, during any process relating to voting or during the actual process of voting on a paper ballot, machine or electronic voting system. A person who is a candidate for an office in that election other than the office of precinct committeeman is not eligible to assist any voter."
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