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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
voting list; images; cast votes
Purpose
Requires a county recorder to publish a list of eligible voters, with certain identifying information redacted, on the county recorder's website 10 days before a primary and general election. Requires a county recorder or an officer in charge of elections to digitally publish on the county's website all ballot images and a sortable cast-vote record. Requires early ballots, provisional ballots and election day ballots to be separated, tabulated and stored by precinct as applicable.
Background
The officer in charge of elections must ensure that electronic or digital ballot images are protected from physical or electronic access, including unauthorized copying or transferring, and that all security measures are at least as protective as those for paper ballots (A.R.S. § 16-625).
The Secretary of State must develop and administer a statewide voter registration database that contains the name and registration information of every registered voter in Arizona. The database must: 1) include a unique identifier for each voter; 2) allow access to voter registration officials; and 3) allow expedited entry of voter registration information once received by county recorders (A.R.S. § 16-168). The database must include a voter's registration status and personal identifying information, including the registrant's: 1) name; 2) residence address or location; 3) date of birth; and 4) attestation of citizenship (E.P.M. Ch.1 (IV)).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires a county recorder, 10 days before the primary and general election, to publish a list of all eligible voters, including persons on the inactive voter list, on the county recorder's website.
2. Requires a county recorder, before publishing and posting the list of eligible voters, to redact each voter's:
a) date of birth;
b) driver license number;
c) nonoperating identification license number;
d) unique voter identification number; and
e) full or partial social security number, as applicable.
3. Requires a county recorder or other officers in charge of elections, after the primary and general election and five days before the county canvass, to publish and post all ballot images and the cast-vote record in a sortable format on the county's website.
4. Requires early ballots and provisional ballot tabulators to imprint a unique identification number on each early ballot tabulated to allow the ballot image to be linked to the physical ballot.
5. Requires early ballots and provisional ballots to be separated, tabulated and stored by precinct.
6. Requires election day ballots to be stored by precinct after tabulation.
7. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2022
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