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AZ SB1426

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

  • Requires voter registration applicants to submit satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship, including driver's license issued after October 1, 1996, birth certificate, passport, naturalization documents, Bureau of Indian Affairs card, or tribal enrollment number.

  • Allows county recorders to reject any voter registration application not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of citizenship, with exemptions for persons already registered as of the amendment's effective date unless changing counties.

  • Establishes identification requirements for voting, including valid photo identification with name and address or two different documents containing name and address matching the precinct register; electors without compliant identification may only cast a provisional ballot.

  • Specifies that proof of voter registration from another state or county does not constitute satisfactory evidence of citizenship and allows county recorders to destroy citizenship documents after two years following verification.

  • Requires enactment by three-fourths affirmative vote of both houses of the legislature pursuant to Arizona Constitution article IV, part 1, section 1.

Legislative Description

Voter identification; proof of citizenship

Last Action

Referred to Senate ELEC Committee

2/5/2014

Full Bill Text

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