New Voter
Registration Requirements
Your voter registration form must now include proof of United States
citizenship. If you do not provide proof
of citizenship, your voter registration form will be rejected and you will not
be able to vote until you have submitted satisfactory evidence of United States
citizenship.
Proposition 200, passed by the voters of Arizona at the 2004 General Election, became
effective on January 24, 2005.
Proposition 200 requires that proof of citizenship must be submitted
with all NEW voter registration
forms.
This new voter registration requirement applies if:
You have moved to Arizona
from another state and want to register to vote in Arizona, or
You live in Arizona but
have moved from one county to another and need to change your address so that
you can vote in your new county (for example, you moved from Pinal County
to Maricopa County).
You do not need
to provide proof of citizenship if you are already registered to vote.
You do not need
to provide proof of citizenship if you move within your county (for example,
you move from Glendale
to Avondale).
Evidence of United
States citizenship includes one of the
following:
- An Arizona driver’s license number or non-operating
identification license number issued after October 1, 1996. This information will be included in
question 13 and question 14 of the new Arizona voter registration form. You do not need to send copies of your Arizona driver’s
license or non-operating identification license. The license number and issue date are
all that is required for proof of citizenship.
- A legible photocopy of a driver’s
license or non-operating identification license issued by another state
that identifies United
States citizenship on the license. The Arizona Center
for Disability Law recommends that you include one more proof of
citizenship if you intend to submit a photocopy of another state’s
driver’s license or non-operating identification license. The Arizona Center
for Disability Law is not aware of any state that requires proof of
citizenship to obtain a driver’s license or non-operating identification
license.
- A legible photocopy of your birth
certificate that verifies citizenship.
If you have married or changed your name and your name now differs
from the name on your birth certificate, you will need to submit
additional documentation. For
example, you should submit a copy of you marriage license with the voter
registration form and birth certificate if your name change was the result
of your marriage.
- A legible photocopy of your of the
pertinent pages of your United
States passport. This would include the pages that
document your name and passport number.
- United States naturalization certificate number. This information will be included in
question 20 on the voter registration form. If you do not provide a copy of the
certificate, the County
Recorder will have
to verify the number with INS prior to adding you to the voter rolls.
- A Bureau of Indian Affair’s Card
Number, Tribal Treaty Card Number, or Tribal Enrollment Number. This information will be included in
question 16. You do not need to
send a copy of the card.
Do not send originals; send only legible photocopies of your
documents.
The county will not add your name
to the voter registration roll until the new requirements have been met.
To register to vote visit http://www.servicearizona.com and
register on-line if you have an Arizona
driver’s license number or non-operating identification care issued after
October 1, 1996.
If you need a voter registration
form mailed to you, click here to request a form and
the Arizona Center for Disability Law will mail you
a voter registration form.