HB2701 Summary

• Amends Arizona voter registration and election procedures relating to precinct registers, early voting, and campaign finance disclosures effective January 1, 2012.

• Requires voter registration forms to include optional email address field and specifies that the two largest political parties be listed on registration forms based on voter registration numbers from the most recent gubernatorial election.

• Establishes uniform statewide electronic data format for precinct list submissions to the Secretary of State to ensure consistency and allow data combination across counties.

• Imposes civil penalties up to $25 per day and class 6 felony charges for candidates and political committees that fail to timely submit early ballot request forms and permanent early voter list forms to election officials (within 6 business days or 11 days before election, whichever is earlier).

• Requires candidates and organizations distributing early ballot request forms and permanent early voting list request forms to use the political subdivision conducting the election as the return address, with civil penalties up to three times production costs for violations.