Senate Concurrent Memorial 1005 Summary

• Urges Arizona Secretary of State and county recorders to ensure voters with disabilities can cast secret ballots equivalent to voters without disabilities.

• Identifies that current accessible ballot-marking devices produce ballots different in size and content from hand-marked ballots, making them identifiable and not secret.

• Cites compliance concerns with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding equal voting opportunity.

• Requests implementation of procedures guaranteeing disabled voters the same secret ballot opportunity as voters without disabilities.

• Directs Secretary of State to distribute this memorial to all 15 Arizona county recorders.