ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

HB 2006: election mailings; third-party disclosures

Sponsor: Representative Gillette, LD 30

Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Overview

Directs nongovernmental entities or persons that distribute official election-related documents to include a specified disclosure on the envelope.

History

A person or Political Action Committee (PAC) that makes an expenditure for an advertisement or fundraising solicitation must include specified disclosures. If the advertisement is delivered by hand or mail, the disclosure must be clearly readable. If the advertisement is paid for by a PAC, the disclosure must be displayed in a height that is at least 10% of the vertical height of the advertisement (A.R.S. § 16-925).

The County Recorder must distribute mail-in voter registration forms at public locations throughout the county. The County Recorder can provide voter registration forms to groups and individuals that request forms for conducting voter registration drives (A.R.S. § 16-131).

Federal law allows nongovernmental entities to aid in voter registration and provide services associated with this, including distribution of mail voter registration application forms (52 U.S.C. § 20506).

Provisions

1. Requires any nongovernmental person or entity that distributes an official election-related document, or a document that resembles an official election-related document, to include the words Not from a Government Agency in boldfaced, clearly legible print on the outside of the envelope. (Sec. 1)

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