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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
voter registrations; payment prohibited
Purpose
Prohibits a person from paying or receiving anything of value based on the number of voter registration forms collected, completed or submitted.
Background
Federal, state, county and local government agencies, political parties and private organizations that conduct voter registration activities are provided, at no cost: 1) state voter registration forms by the county recorder; and 2) federal voter registration forms by the Secretary of State (SOS). The SOS and county recorders may place reasonable restrictions on the number of forms to be provided to individuals or organizations depending on the type of voter registration activity conducted and reasonable estimates of the number of voters that the individual or group will seek to register (A.R.S. § 16-151; EPM Ch. 1 (I)(A)).
To be eligible
to register to vote in Arizona a registrant must be a citizen of the United
States (A.R.S.
§ 16-101). A person is presumed to be properly registered to vote on
completion of a registration form that contains certain identifying information
and an appropriate indicator that the person answered "yes" to the
citizenship question. Any application that does not include the information
required to be on the registration form or is not signed is incomplete (A.R.S.
§ 16-121.01).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits a person from paying or receiving money or any other thing of value based on the number of voter registrations or voter registration forms collected, completed or submitted.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 24, 2024
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