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Arizona Voter Registration Verification Act

This bill establishes new restrictions and procedures for voter registration list maintenance in Arizona, focusing on several key provisions. The bill prohibits Arizona from participating in multistate voter registration organizations that require sharing voter registration records, with an exception for specific governmental entities. It allows the Secretary of State to join voter registration information-sharing organizations, but only if the organization's membership is composed solely of state election officials and includes specific confidentiality protections. The bill requires county recorders to establish a uniform voter registration list maintenance program that complies with federal voting rights laws, including sending address confirmation notices to voters who have not recently voted or updated their registration. The legislation mandates that voter registrations cannot be canceled within 90 days of a federal election and requires county recorders to report list maintenance activities to the Secretary of State twice annually. Additionally, the bill introduces new procedures for handling voter registration when a voter is potentially ineligible, such as being deceased, a convicted felon, or not a U.S. citizen, which includes suspending the registration and notifying the voter to revise or clarify their information. The Secretary of State is also required to submit an annual report detailing the membership terms of any voter registration information-sharing organization and provide information on voter removals.1