Assigned to ELEC                                                                                                                             AS VETOED

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session

VETOED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1066

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.

Governor's Veto Message

The Governor indicates in her veto message that the specific requirements relating to text size within S.B. 1066 create an unreasonable burden on those who are trying to improve voting access in Arizona.

Senate Action House Action

ELEC              1/30/23      DPA          5-3-0             MOE               3/8/23        DP       10-0-0-0

3^rd Read          2/28/23                        16-14-0         3^rd Read           5/15/23                  38-20-1-0-1

Vetoed by the Governor on 5/26/23

Prepared by Senate Research

May 30, 2023

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