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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
election mailings; third-party disclosures
Purpose
Requires any nongovernmental person or entity that mails an official election-related document or a document that resembles an official election-related document to include the disclosure not from a government agency on the outside of the envelope.
Background
The Secretary of State (SOS) and a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections are responsible for supplying voter registration forms to any qualified person requesting registration information. A county recorder must also distribute state mail-in registration forms at locations throughout the county, including government offices, fire stations, public libraries and other locations open to the general public. A county recorder may provide voter registration forms to groups and individuals that request forms for conducting voter registration drives (A.R.S. § 16-131). A candidate, political committee or other organization may distribute early ballot request forms to voters (A.R.S. § 16-542).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires any nongovernmental person or entity that mails an official election-related document or a document that resembles an official election-related document from a county recorder, county officer in charge of elections or the SOS, including a voter registration application or early ballot request, to include the words not from a government agency in boldfaced and clearly legible print on the outside of the envelope.
2. Requires, for the delivery of an election-related document by a nongovernmental person or entity by mail or hand, the disclosure to be a height of at least 10 percent of the vertical height of the document.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 25, 2023
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