Arizonans who want a say in the Nov. 3 general election but are not yet registered have until 11:59 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, to get on the rolls. Two days later, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, counties begin mailing ballots and in-person early voting opens.
The dates and rules below come from a voter guide Votebeat published Friday.
Registering or checking your record
Voters can look up their status at My.Arizona.Vote with a driver's license number, a tribal ID number or the last four digits of a Social Security number. People with an Arizona driver's license or state ID can register online; everyone else needs a paper form, returned by mail or in person to the county recorder.
Paper registrations must include a copy of a document proving citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport page. Without it, a voter can still be registered but may cast ballots only in federal contests, not state or local ones.
To vote in Arizona, a person must be a U.S. citizen, 18 by Election Day and a state resident for the 29 days leading up to the election.
Mail ballots
People on the Active Early Voting List get a ballot without asking. Anyone else who wants to vote by mail must ask county election officials for a one-time ballot by Oct. 23. Ballots have to be in election officials' hands by 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, so Votebeat advises putting them in the mail no later than Oct. 27. Return envelopes need no stamp.
In a Sept. 1 statement, Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis, a Republican, said voters there "have several secure and convenient ways to cast their ballot." Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, called mail voting "not only secure" in a Sept. 14 statement.
Ballot tracking runs through BeBallotReady.Vote in Maricopa County, the recorder's website in Pima County and BallotTrax everywhere else.
