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SB1040 - 572R - S Ver 

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 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1040

AN 
ACT

amending sections 15-423 and 16-168, 
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to qualification and registration of 
electors.

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

Section 1. Section 15-423, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-423. School district precinct registers; date of preparation; 
contents; copies

A. By the fifth day preceding the elections for 
membership on school district governing boards the county recorder shall 
prepare from the original affidavits of registration at least four printed or 
typed lists of all uncanceled registrations of each school district election precinct in the county, and the lists are the official 
school district precinct registers.

B. The official school district precinct registers 
shall contain all information required to be included on precinct 
registers. The county recorder may combine the precinct register and 
the official school district precinct register into one common register.

C. On request, the county 
recorder shall, upon request, provide copies of school 
district precinct registers in the manner and for the fees 
prescribed in section 16-168, or section 16-172 for political 
subdivisions, for copies of precinct registers.

D. By the fifth day preceding a special election or 
an election held at a time and place other than a general election in a school 
district, the county recorder shall prepare from the original affidavits of 
registration at least four printed or typed lists of all uncanceled 
registrations of each school district election precinct, and the lists are the 
official school district precinct registers. The official school 
district precinct registers shall contain all information required to be 
included on precinct registers. The governing board of 
the school district county school superintendent shall 
request of the county recorder and the county recorder shall provide to the 
school district copies of school district precinct registers in the manner and 
for the fees costs prescribed in 
section 16-172 for copies of precinct registers. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 16-168, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-168. Precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; registration 
rolls access; reports; statewide database; violation; classification

A. By the tenth day preceding the primary and 
general elections the county recorder shall prepare from the original 
registration forms or from electronic media at least four lists that are 
printed or typed on paper, or at least two electronic media poll lists, or any 
combination of both, of all qualified electors in each precinct in the county, 
and the lists shall be the official precinct registers.

B. The official 
precinct registers for use at the polling place shall contain at least the 
names in full, party preference, date of registration and residence address of 
each qualified elector in the respective precincts. The names shall 
be in alphabetical order and, in a column to the left of the names, shall be 
numbered consecutively beginning with number 1 in each precinct register.

C. For the purposes of transmitting voter 
registration information as prescribed by this subsection, electronic media 
shall be the principal media. A county or state 
chairman who is eligible to receive copies of precinct lists as prescribed by 
this subsection may request that the recorder provide a paper copy of the 
precinct lists. In addition to preparing the official precinct 
lists, the county recorder shall provide a means for electronically reproducing 
the precinct lists.� Unless otherwise agreed, the county recorder shall deliver 
one electronic media copy of each precinct list in the county without charge 
and on the same day within eight days after the close of registration for the 
primary and general elections to the county chairman and one electronic media 
copy to the state chairman of each party that has at least four candidates 
other than presidential electors appearing on the ballot in that county at the 
current election.� The secretary of state shall establish a single format that 
prescribes the manner and template in which all county recorders provide this 
data to the secretary of state to ensure that the submissions are uniform from 
all counties in this state, that all submissions are identical in format, 
including the level of detail for voting history, and that information may 
readily be combined from two or more counties. The electronic media 
copies of the precinct lists that are delivered to the party chairmen shall 
include for each elector the following information:

1. Name in full and appropriate title.

2. Party preference.

3. Date of registration.

4.