A. A person who is qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 and who is properly registered to vote, if the person is at least eighteen years of age on or before the date of the election and has provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship as prescribed in section 16-166, shall be deemed a qualified elector for any purpose for which such qualification is required by law, except as provided in section 16-126. A person continues to be a qualified elector until that person's registration is canceled pursuant to section 16-165 or until that person does not qualify as a resident as defined in section 16-101, subsection B.
B. For purposes of subsection A of this section, a person who does not reside at a fixed, permanent or private structure shall be properly registered to vote if that person is qualified pursuant to section 16-101 and if that person's registration address is any of the following places located in this state:
1. A homeless shelter to which the registrant regularly returns.
2. The place at which the registrant is a resident.
3. The county courthouse in the county in which the registrant resides.
4. A general delivery address for a post office covering the location where the registrant is a resident.
C. A person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote shall not be refused registration or declared not qualified to vote because the person does not live in a permanent, private or fixed structure.
D. For the purposes of this section, "homeless shelter" means a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations to individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.
Notes of Decisions
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988).
· cites it 2× “Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 16-121 (Supp. 1987) Ark.”
Prescott Newspapers, Inc. v. Yavapai Cmty. Hosp. Ass'n, 785 P.2d 1221 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 4× “They further note that this Association membership is not the same as the District's voters, who must all be registered and "qualified electors" as defined in A.R.S. § 16-121. Appellees, on the other hand, urge that we look beyond the plain meaning of the statute and rules of…”
Pacuilla v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 923 P.2d 833 (Ariz. 1996).
· cites it 5× “It follows, that until such affirmative steps are taken, a voter’s registration is not canceled, and the registrant remains a qualified elector under section 16-121. *369 Under amended section 16-135(A), a voter who moves to a new address within the same county but has failed to…”
Dnc v. Michele Reagan, 904 F.3d 686 (9th Cir. 2018).
“” Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-121 (A). 10 DNC V. REAGAN Since 1992, Arizona has prohibited any person other than the voter from having “possession of that elector’s unvoted absentee ballot.”
California Portland Cement Co. v. Picture Rocks Fire Dist., 692 P.2d 1019 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 2× “They need only be qualified electors, residing within the proposed boundaries as defined in A.R.S. § 16-121 which states: “A person whose name appears on the register for the last preceding general election and whose registration has not been subsequently cancelled, or a person…”
State v. Macias, 783 P.2d 255 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “” By A.R.S. §§ 16-121 and 9-822, one is a qualified elector of a city if registered and resident within the city for fifty days preceding the election.”
Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. v. Coconino Cnty., 766 P.2d 83 (Ariz. 1988).
· cites it 11× “They argue that as long as the persons who signed the petitions still reside in Co-conino County, they should be entitled to sign a petition relating to a county-wide measure.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-121(A) — 8 cases
Pacuilla v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 923 P.2d 833 (Ariz. 1996).
“It follows, that until such affirmative steps are taken, a voter’s registration is not canceled, and the registrant remains a qualified elector under section 16-121. *369 Under amended section 16-135(A), a voter who moves to a new address within the same county but has failed to…”
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