Bill Text: AZ SB1025 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Voter registration; youth registrants
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-13 - Referred to Senate JUD Committee [SB1025 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1025-Introduced.html
PREFILED JAN 08 2015
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REFERENCE TITLE: voter registration; youth registrants |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1025 |
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Introduced by Senator Ableser
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AN ACT
amending section 16-101, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to qualifications for registration.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-101. Qualifications of registrant; definition
A. Every resident of the this state is qualified to register to vote if he:
1. Is a citizen of the United States.
2. Will be eighteen Is at least sixteen years of age or more on or before the date of the regular general election next following his registration. A registrant is eligible to vote at an election only after the registrant is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Will have been a resident of the this state twenty‑nine days next preceding the election, except as provided in section 16‑126.
4. Is able to write his name or make his mark, unless prevented from so doing by physical disability.
5. Has not been convicted of treason or a felony, unless restored to civil rights.
6. Has not been adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in section 14‑5101.
B. For the purposes of this title, "resident" means an individual who has actual physical presence in this state, or for purposes of a political subdivision actual physical presence in the political subdivision, combined with an intent to remain. A temporary absence does not result in a loss of residence if the individual has an intent to return following his absence. An individual has only one residence for purposes of this title.
