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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101 (2026)

Qualifications of registrant; definition

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A. Every resident of this state is qualified to register to vote if the resident:

1. Is a citizen of the United States and has provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship as prescribed in section 16-166.

2. Will be eighteen years of age or more on or before the date of the regular general election next following his registration.

3. Is a resident of this state twenty-nine days next preceding the election, except as provided in section 16-126.

4. Is able to write the resident's name or make the resident's 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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1948–2025 · leading case: Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
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Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 12× “” See also Tucson City Code §§ 12-54(b), 12-58(a)(l). Section 16-101 sets forth the criteria that qualify a person to register to vote, providing in subsection (A)(5) that a person is qualified if he or she “[h]as not been convicted of .”
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). · cites it 2× “VII, § 2; Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101 (West 2001) Arkansas 18 Ark.”
McDowell Mountain Ranch Land Coalition v. Vizcaino, 945 P.2d 312 (Ariz. 1997). · cites it 6× “A.R.S. § 16-101(A). A resident is one who has “actual physical presence in this state .”
KZPZ Broad., Inc. v. Black Canyon City Concerned Citizens, 13 P.3d 772 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 8× “” A “qualified elector” was defined as a “person who is qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 and who is properly registered to vote, if he is at least eighteen years of age on or before the date of the election.”
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc., 133 S. Ct. 2247 (2013). “Each state-specific instruction must be approved by the EAC before it is included on the Federal Form.”
Arizona Libertarian Party v. Reagan, 798 F.3d 723 (9th Cir. 2015). “” See Ariz.Rev.Stat. §§ 16-101, 16-121. . We may take judicial notice of “official information posted on a govérnmental website, the accuracy of which [is] undisputed.”
David Isabel v. Michele Reagan, 987 F.3d 1220 (9th Cir. 2021). · cites it 2× “See Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101 (requiring, among other things, that residents be “a citizen of the United States” and “eighteen years of age or more” to qualify to register to vote).”
State v. Sanderson, 898 P.2d 483 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “The trial court’s conclusion that granting excuses on the former ground did not violate the Sixth Amendment is easily supported, even though Lupke testified that most of the 72 prospective jurors excused were Native Americans.”
Ely v. Klahr, 403 U.S. 108 (1971). · cites it 2× “Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 16-101 (A) (4), 16-101 (A) (5).”
Marston v. Lewis, 410 U.S. 679 (1973). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] The requirements appear, respectively, at Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 16-101 (3) and 16-107.”
Cocanower v. Marston, 318 F. Supp. 402 (D. Ariz. 1970). · cites it 4× “1969-70), Ariz. Rev.Stat.Ann. § 16-101, subsec. A, par.”
Prescott Newspapers, Inc. v. Yavapai Cmty. Hosp. Ass'n, 785 P.2d 1221 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “See generally A.R.S. § 16-101. No elector shall be eligible to vote in a district election unless he has been "registered to vote as a resident within the boundaries or the proposed boundaries of the election district for which the election is being conducted prior to midnight…”
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— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101(5) — 1 case
Rocking K Holdings, Ltd. v. Pima Cnty., 822 P.2d 487 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101(A) — 4 cases
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc., 133 S. Ct. 2247 (2013). “Each state-specific instruction must be approved by the EAC before it is included on the Federal Form.”
McDowell Mountain Ranch Land Coalition v. Vizcaino, 945 P.2d 312 (Ariz. 1997). “A.R.S. § 16-101(A). A resident is one who has “actual physical presence in this state .”
KZPZ Broad., Inc. v. Black Canyon City Concerned Citizens, 13 P.3d 772 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2000). “” A “qualified elector” was defined as a “person who is qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 and who is properly registered to vote, if he is at least eighteen years of age on or before the date of the election.”
Rasean Clayton v. Kanye West, 489 P.3d 394 (Ariz. 2021).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101(A)(4) — 2 cases
State v. Marcham, 770 P.2d 356 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1988).
Sims v. Amos, 365 F. Supp. 215 (M.D. Ala. 1973).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101(A)(5) — 2 cases
Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). “” See also Tucson City Code §§ 12-54(b), 12-58(a)(l). Section 16-101 sets forth the criteria that qualify a person to register to vote, providing in subsection (A)(5) that a person is qualified if he or she “[h]as not been convicted of .”
State of Arizona v. Daniel Louis Santillanes (Ariz. 2024).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101(A)(6) — 1 case
Wood v. Coconino (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-101(B) — 4 cases
McDowell Mountain Ranch Land Coalition v. Vizcaino, 945 P.2d 312 (Ariz. 1997). “A.R.S. § 16-101(A). A resident is one who has “actual physical presence in this state .”
KZPZ Broad., Inc. v. Black Canyon City Concerned Citizens, 13 P.3d 772 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2000). “” A “qualified elector” was defined as a “person who is qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 and who is properly registered to vote, if he is at least eighteen years of age on or before the date of the election.”
Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Comm. for Sustainable Ret. in Support of Initiative, 314 P.3d 100 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). “” See also Tucson City Code §§ 12-54(b), 12-58(a)(l). Section 16-101 sets forth the criteria that qualify a person to register to vote, providing in subsection (A)(5) that a person is qualified if he or she “[h]as not been convicted of .”
John L Powers v. John M Carpenter (Ariz. 2002).
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