SB 1358 — recorders; voter registrations; public buildings

SB1358 - 551R - IS Ver       REFERENCESenate TITLE:Engrossed   recorders;

recorders;

public buildings         State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session   SBSENATE BILL 1358   Introduced by Senator Ugenti-Rita     AN ACT   amending section 16-134, Arizona Revised Statutes;

Section 1.  SectionSection 1. 16-134, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

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incompleteSTART_STATUTE16-134. or illegible forms A.  A county recorder shall authorize persons to accept registration forms, shall designate places for receipt of registration forms and shall designate additional locations for distribution of voter registration forms.

PublicReturn assistanceof agencies and disabilities agencies as defined in section 16‑140 shall return or mail completed voter registrations tomade theoutside countyoffice recorder of the county inrecorder; which the applicant resides within five days after receipt of those registrations.  A county recorder may not conduct a voter registration drive or other similar voter registration event at any location other than at a location, facility or property that is government owned.

B.  If the information on the registration form is incomplete or illegible andforms theA. county recorder is not able to process the registration form, the county recorder shall notify the applicant within ten business days of receipt of the registration form, shall specify the missing or illegible information and, if the missing or illegible information includes any of the information prescribed by section 16‑121.01, subsection A, shall state that the registration cannot be completed until the information is supplied.  If the missing or illegible information is supplied before 7:00 p.m.

A county recorder shall authorize persons to accept registration forms, shall designate places for receipt of registration forms and shall designate additional locations for distribution of voter registration forms.

Public assistance agencies and disabilities agencies as defined in section 16-140 shall return or mail completed voter registrations to the county recorder of the county in which the applicant resides within five days after receipt of those registrations.  A county recorder may not conduct a voter registration drive or other similar voter registration event at any location other than at a location, facility or property that is government owned.

B.

If the information on the registration form is incomplete or illegible and the county recorder is not able to process the registration form, the county recorder shall notify the applicant within ten business days of receipt of the registration form, shall specify the missing or illegible information and, if the missing or illegible information includes any of the information prescribed by section 16-121.01, subsection A, shall state that the registration cannot be completed until the information is supplied.  If the missing or illegible information is supplied before 7:00 p.m.

C.  InC. the case of registration by mail, a voter registration is valid for an election if it complies with either of the following:

1.  TheIn formthe iscase postmarkedof twenty‑nineregistration daysby ormail, morea beforevoter anregistration electionis andvalid isfor receivedan byelection theif countyit recordercomplies bywith 7:00either p.m.of the following:

1.

The form is postmarked twenty-nine days or more before an election and is received by the county recorder by 7:00 p.m.

2.  The2. registration is dated twenty‑nine days or more before an election and is received by the county recorder by first class mail within five days after the last day to register to vote in that election.

D.  TheThe dateregistration ofis registrationdated enteredtwenty-nine fordays registrationor formsmore thatbefore arean election and is received by the county recorder fromby persons,first groupsclass ormail agencieswithin thatfive aredays notafter authorizedthe tolast acceptday registrationsto pursuantregister to subsectionvote Ain of this section and that doelection. not bear a legible postmark date or an otherwise reliable date shall be the date that those forms are received by the county recorder.END_STATUTE

D.

The date of registration entered for registration forms that are received by the county recorder from persons, groups or agencies that are not authorized to accept registrations pursuant to subsection A of this section and that do not bear a legible postmark date or an otherwise reliable date shall be the date that those forms are received by the county recorder.END_STATUTE