Voter Registration
Registration Deadline: Registration closes 29 days prior to election day.
Party Affiliation: Arizona has an open primary law which allows any voter who is registered as independent to cast a ballot for one of the officially recognized political parties. Independent voters on the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL) will receive a postcard in the mail asking them to choose which party ballot they wish to receive for the Primary Election. The corresponding primary ballot will then be sent by mail to the voter to complete approximately 27 days prior to the election. Independent voters who go to the polls on Election Day will be given the option to choose a party ballot at that time.
Voters must be registered with a recognized party to vote in the Presidential Preference Election.
Voter Registration Qualifications
Age: Must be 18 years of age or more on or before the day of the next regular General Election
Citizenship: Must be a United States Citizen. Here is some information about proof of citizenship requirements to vote in Arizona.
Residency: Must be a resident of Arizona and the county listed on your registration for at least 29 days prior to the next election.
Mental Competency: Must not be adjudicated incapacitated by a court of law.
Felony Convictions: Must not be a convicted felon, unless your civil rights have been formally restored. For a first-time felony conviction, civil rights are automatically restored upon completion of a person's sentence and payment of any fines and restitution.
Obtaining a Voter Registration Form
Online: Service Arizona Voter Registration
In person: Obtain and complete an Arizona Voter Registration form from your County Recorder’s Office
By mail: You can either print off a form online or request that a registration form be mailed to you from your County Recorder. After completing the voter registration form, mail it to your county recorder’s office.
Verifying Your Voter Registration Status
After you have successfully registered to vote you will receive a voter registration card in the mail within 4-6 weeks.
Online: Verify voter registration information online.
OBTAINING AN EARLY VOTING BALLOT
Online: An early ballot may be requested through the Voter Information Portal. Additionally, you can complete this request by updating your voter registration information online to join the Permanent Early Voting List.
By mail: You may print off a Voter Registration Form and fill it out with your new information. After you finish, mail the completed form to your County Recorder’s office and your information will be updated.
Military and overseas voting: For information on military and overseas voters click here.
OBTAINING AN ONE-TIME BALLOT-BY-MAIL
There are several ways to request a one-time ballot-by-mail in Arizona. You may request a ballot-by-mail online using the Secretary of State’s online portal here. You can also call your county recorder’s office or submit a written ballot request form to your county recorder’s office. Lastly, you can email the recorder’s office and provide the following information:
-First and Last Name
-Date of Birth
-Residence Address
-Mailing Address
-State or County of Birth, or another piece of information that would confirm your identity when compared to your voter record, such as an Arizona Driver’s License number.
-Primary Election Ballot Choice (if you register as an Independent)
-Write the following message: “I am requesting a ballot-by-mail for the 2022 Primary and General Elections and am giving the County Recorder permission to mail my ballot to the address provided in this email.”
SUBMITTING A BALLOT-BY-MAIL
There are two options for returning your ballot-by-mail:
-Mail back your ballot: Use the pre-paid envelope included in your ballot-by-mail package. For the November General Election, we recommend mailing it by 7 days before Election Day to ensure it reaches your county election officials on time.
-Drop off your ballot: You may drop off your ballot at any ballot drop-box, drop-off location, early voting location, or Election Day voting location in your county on or before Election Day. Find all voting and drop off locations on your county’s website. Ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day
If you lost or damaged your ballot-by-mail, you may request a replacement ballot via mail or in-person by contacting your county recorder’s office.
VOTING ON ELECTION DAY
When you arrive to vote at the polls on Election Day you will announce your name and place of residence to the election official and present one form of identification from List #1 or two different forms of identification from List #2 or 3.
To view the list of Voter IDs click here
If you were unable to mail back your early ballot in time, you can skip the line and turn it in at any polling location within your county. The poll workers will be able to assist and show you where to drop off your early ballot.
PROVISIONAL VOTING
A provisional ballot is given to anyone who is not on the polling location’s roster or if the voter was unable to provide a valid form of identification. There are a few reasons why your name was not included on the roster.
-You recently moved and did not update your voter information in time
-You voted at a polling place not assigned to you
-You requested an early ballot by mail
-Your voter registration is no longer active or you are not registered at all
If you were unable to show valid identification at the polls on Election Day you would have been provided with a conditional provisional ballot. This ballot will be valid and counted as long as you provide valid identification to your polling location before 7:00 pm on Election Day. Alternatively, you have up to five business days after a general election and three business days after any other election to provide your identification to your county elections office.
Additional Information
Verifying Registration: To verify your voter registration status, contact your county recorder or elections office or verify your voter registration online.
Deciding how to vote: https://votesmart.org/
Polling Place: Polling place locator
Problems with voting: Voter Complaint form or Call 602-542-8683 or 1-877-THE-VOTE
Verifying provisional ballot status: Provisional ballot status
Verifying Early Ballot Status: Early ballot Search
Guidance on Polling Place Conduct: Polling Place Conduct
Amending the Arizona Constitution to allow for the state legislature to terminate a state of emergency or alter the emergency powers granted to the governor during a state of emergency, and providing for a state of emergency to automatically terminate 30 days after it is declared unless the state legislature extends the emergency powers granted to the governor, except in cases for a state of war emergency or an emergency arising from a flood or a fire.
Ends term limits for state supreme court justices and superior court judges, replacing them with terms of good behavior unless decided otherwise by a judicial review commission, and would end retention elections at the end of the judicial term.
Allows for challenges to an initiative measure or constitutional amendment after the filing of the measure with the secretary of state.
Constitutionally determines that a Legislature-enacted direct primary election law supersedes any contrary or inconsistent provision of any charter, law, ordinance, rule, resolution or policy of any city and modifies nominee requirements for a direct primary election.
1. Requires statewide initiative petitions to be signed by:
a) 10 percent of the qualified electors from each legislative district, rather than 10 percent of
the qualified electors from the state as a whole, to propose any statewide measure; and
b) 15 percent of the qualified electors from each legislative district, rather than 15 percent of
the qualified electors from the state as a whole, to propose any constitutional amendment.
2. Requires statewide referendum petitions to be signed by five percent of the qualified electors
in each legislative district, rather than five percent of the qualified electors in the state as a
whole, to propose a statewide referendum.
3. Requires the affidavit of the person circulating an initiative signature sheet or referendum
signature sheet to set forth that in the belief of the affiant each signer of a statewide initiative
measure is a qualified elector of the appropriate legislative district.
4. Makes technical and conforming changes.
5. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the proposition to the voters at the next general
election.
6. Becomes effective if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor.
This amendment allows for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage if any tips received by the employee were not less than the minimum wage plus $2 for all hours worked.
This measure would make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state at any location other than the port of entry. Allows for state and local police to arrest noncitizens who cross the border unlawfully. Allows for state judges to order deportations. Requires the use of the E-Verify program in order to determine the immigration status of individuals before the enrollment in a financial aid or public welfare program. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for individuals who submit false information or documents to an employer to evade detection of employment eligibility under the E-verify program, and makes it Class 6 felony for a second offense. It would also make the sale of fentanyl a Class 2 felony if the person knowingly sells fentanyl and it results in the death of another person.
Prohibits a proposed rule from becoming effective if that rule is estimated to increase regulatory costs by more than $500,000 within five years after implementation, until the legislature enacts legislation ratifying the proposed rule.
An act to create a State Death Benefit of $250,000 to be paid to the family of first responders killed in the line of duty. Additionally, increases criminal penalties for assaulting first responders.
An measure to raise the minimum sentencing of a class 2 felony conviction for child sex-trafficking to life imprisonment without parole.
Under this measure, a property tax owner can apply for a refund if the city, town, or county where their property is located follows a policy, pattern or practice of not enforcing public nuisance laws, and if they incur documented expenses to mitigate the damage to their property as a result. This includes damages incurred due to illegal camping, loitering, obstructing public thoroughfares, panhandling, public urination or defecation, public consumption of alcoholic beverages, and possession or use of illegal substances.