Bill
Number: S.B. 1819
Townsend
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Mike Hans
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Requires the Secretary
of State (SOS) to provide access to the statewide voter registration database
to a person or entity that is designated by the Legislature and to the Election
Integrity Unit of the Attorney General's (AG's) Office for the purpose of determining
whether the SOS's voter registration list maintenance procedures comply with
federal law with respect to voters who are registered as eligible to vote only
for federal offices (federal-only voters).
2. Requires the person or
entity designated by the Legislature to be qualified in more than one state to
analyze a state's voter registration rolls for compliance with federal law
regarding voter registration list maintenance procedures.
3. Requires the person or
entity, after completing its analysis, to report its findings to the
Legislature, AG and SOS.
4. Requires the SOS, if
the analysis determines that there are person registered to vote who are not
eligible to register to vote, to notify the appropriate county recorder and
requires county recorders to remove those persons from the voter registration
rolls.
5. Requires each county
recorder to submit an annual report to the Legislature that contains the
following regarding federal-only voters:
a)
a
description of the county recorder's procedures regarding registering
federal-only voters;
b)
the
number of federal-only voters in the county;
c)
the
number of voters whose citizenship has been otherwise subsequently verified and
whose status has changed to voters who are eligible to vote a full ballot;
d)
a
comprehensive description of the obstacles to obtaining voter registrants'
documentary proof of citizenship that complies with Arizona's voter
registration requirements and to changing their status to voters who are
eligible to vote a full ballot; and
e)
the
number of voters who have been subsequently determined to be ineligible to vote
in Arizona and who have been removed from the voter registration rolls.
6. Requires the AG and
county attorney to investigate and prosecute, as appropriate, any person who
knowingly registers to vote despite being ineligible.
7. Requires the SOS, by
December 31, 2021 and pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
to submit a request to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission that the
Commission include Arizona's state-specific instructions to provide proof of
citizenship on the federal voter registration form.
Page
3, between lines 33 and 34, insert:
"Sec. 3. Title
16, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 16-132, to read:
START_STATUTE16-132. Voter
registration database; federal only voters; analysis; annual report;
investigation
A. The secretary
of state shall provide access to the statewide voter registration database to a
person or entity that is designated by the LEGISLATURE and to the election
integrity unit of the attorney GENERAL'S office for the purposes of DETERMINING
whether the SECRETARY of state's voter registration list maintenance procedures
comply with federal LAW with RESPECT to voters who are registered as voters
eligible to vote only for federal offices.
B. The person or entity that is designated
by the legislature must be qualified in more THAN one state to analyze a
state's voter registration rolls for compliance with federal law regarding
voter registration list maintenance procedures. after completing its analysis,
the person or entity shall report its findings to the PRESIDENT of the senate,
the speaker of the house of representatives, the attorney general and the
secretary of state. If the analysis determines that there are
persons registered to vote who are not eligible to register to vote, the secretary
of state shall notify the appropriate county recorder and the county recorder
shall remove those persons from the voter registration rolls.
C. Each county recorder shall submit an
annual report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president
of the senate that contains the following regarding voters who are ELIGIBLE to
vote only for federal offices:
1. A description of the
county recorder's procedures regarding registering those voters who are
ELIGIBLE to vote only for federal offices.
2. The number of voters
in that county who are eligible to vote only for federal offices.
3. The number of those voters whose
citizenship has been otherwise subsequently verified and whose status has
changed to voters who are eligible to vote a full ballot.
4. A comprehensive description of the
obstacles to obtaining voter registrants' documentary PROOF of CITIZENSHIP that
complies with this state's voter registration requirements and to changing
their status to voters who are eligible to vote a full ballot.
5. the number of those voters who have
been subsequently determined to be ineligible to vote in this state and who
have been removed from the voter registration rolls.
D. The attorney general and the county
attorney shall investigate and prosecute, as appropriate, any person who is
ineligible to register to vote and who knowingly registers to vote." END_STATUTE
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Page 39,
between lines 28 and 29, insert:
"Sec. 26. Secretary of state; United States election assistance commission
request; forms
On or before
December 31, 2021 and pursuant to the national voter registration act of 1993
(P.L. 103-31; 107 Stat. 77; 52 United States Code section 20505(a)(2)), the
secretary of state shall submit to the United States election assistance
commission a request that the commission include on the federal voter
registration form this state's state-specific instructions to provide proof of
citizenship."
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