Arizona SB 1262: technical correction; military; school districts

Bill Text

SB1262 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: voting centers; early voting; security.

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SB 1262

 Introduced by 

 Senators 
 Sundareshan: Alston, Bravo, Diaz, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabald�n, Gonzales, 
 Hatathlie, Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz, Sears

AN 
ACT

amending sections 16-166, 16-245 and 
16-246, Arizona Revised Statutes; REPEALING section 16-407.01, Arizona Revised 
Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by 
adding section 16-407.04; amending sections 16-411, 16-461, 16-510, 
16-515, 16-542, 16-544, 16-550, 16-572, 16-1017 and 16-1018, Arizona 
Revised Statutes; appropriating monies; relating to elections and electors.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 16-166, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-166. Verification of registration

A. Except for the mailing of sample ballots, a 
county recorder who mails an item to any elector shall send the mailing by 
nonforwardable first class mail marked with the statement required by the 
postmaster to receive an address correction notification. If the 
item is returned undelivered, the county recorder shall send a follow-up 
notice to that elector within three weeks of receipt of the returned notice.� 
The county recorder shall send the follow-up notice to the address that 
appears in the general county register or to the forwarding address provided by 
the United States postal service. The follow-up notice shall 
include an appropriate internet address for revising voter registration 
information or a registration form and the information prescribed by section 16-131, 
subsection C and shall state that if the elector does not complete and return a 
new registration form with current information to the county recorder or make 
changes to the elector's voter registration information that is maintained 
online within thirty-five days, the elector's registration status shall 
be changed from active to inactive.

B. If the elector provides the county recorder with 
a new registration form or otherwise revises the elector's information, the 
county recorder shall change the general register to reflect the changes 
indicated on the new registration. If the elector indicates a new 
residence address outside that county, the county recorder shall forward the 
voter registration form or revised information to the county recorder of the 
county in which the elector's address is located.� If the elector provides a 
new residence address that is located outside this state, the county recorder 
shall cancel the elector's registration.

C. The county recorder shall maintain on the 
inactive voter list the names of electors who have been removed from the 
general register pursuant to subsection A or E of this section for a period of 
four years or through the date of the second general election for federal 
office following the date of the notice from the county recorder that is sent 
pursuant to subsection E of this section.

D. On notice that a government agency has changed 
the name of any street, route number, post office box number or other address 
designation, the county recorder shall revise the registration records and 
shall send a new verification of registration notice to the electors whose 
records were changed.

E. The county recorder on or before May 1 of each 
year preceding a state primary and general election or more frequently as the 
recorder deems necessary may use the change of address information supplied by 
the postal service through its licensees and the information provided by an 
electronic voter registration information center to identify registrants whose 
addresses may have changed. If it appears from information provided 
by the postal service or an electronic voter registration information center 
that a registrant has moved to a different residence address, the county 
recorder shall send the registrant a notice of the change by forwardable mail 
and a postage prepaid preaddressed return form or an appropriate internet 
address for revising voter registration information by which the registrant may 
verify or correct the registration information. If the registrant 
fails to revise the information or return the form postmarked not later than 
thirty-five days after the mailing of the notice, the elector's registration 
status shall be changed from active to inactive. If the notice sent 
by the recorder is not returned, the registrant may be required to provide 
affirmation or confirmation of the registrant's address in order to vote.� If 
the registrant does not vote in an election during the period after the date of 
the notice from the recorder through the date of the second general election 
for federal office following the date of that notice, the registrant's name 
shall be removed from the list of inactive voters. If th