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AZ SB1421

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2014

Primary Sponsor

Steve Gallardo

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature - Second Regular Session (2014)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-166 to add verification of the last four digits of an applicant's social security number as satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship for voter registration purposes.

  • Allows county recorders to accept social security number verification as an alternative to other citizenship documentation requirements, including driver's license, birth certificate, passport, naturalization documents, or tribal enrollment numbers.

  • Maintains existing requirements that persons already registered as of December 8, 2004 are deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and need not resubmit unless changing registration between counties.

  • Requires the bill to receive an affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the legislature to take effect, per Arizona Constitution article IV, part 1, section 1.

Legislative Description

Voter registration; social security number

Last Action

Referred to Senate ELEC Committee

2/5/2014

Full Bill Text

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