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AZ SB1437

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2021

Primary Sponsor

Martin Quezada

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Requires the Arizona Department of Corrections and county jails to provide voter registration forms to eligible persons upon release from confinement and transmit completed forms to the county recorder within five days.

  • Mandates county recorders in counties with populations exceeding 300,000 to establish a voting center at the county jail for individuals temporarily in custody awaiting trial who are otherwise eligible to vote.

  • Requires county recorders to provide early ballot request forms to eligible voters in custody at county jails or the state Department of Corrections, and to provide early ballots upon receipt of completed requests.

Legislative Description

Registration; voting; jails; confinement

Registration

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/28/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules1/28/2021
Government Institutions1/27/2021

Full Bill Text

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