QUEEN CREEK, Arizona — Arizona voters will decide in November whether to amend the state constitution to require government-issued identification for all voters, including those who cast ballots by mail, and to specify that only citizens may vote in any election in the state.
Queen Creek, a Maricopa and Pinal County town of roughly 75,000 southeast of Phoenix, is part of the Maricopa County electorate that will decide the November amendment.
The Arizona Voter Identification and Citizenship Voting Requirements Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, will appear on the November 3 ballot. A "yes" vote supports the changes; a "no" vote opposes them. The measure would also prohibit foreign nationals from making contributions to influence Arizona elections, bar others from knowingly accepting such contributions, and grant voters the right to have their ballot tabulated at their voting location rather than a central counting site.
The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature placed the measure on the ballot in a party-line vote, using a process that lets lawmakers refer measures with a simple majority in both chambers and avoid the governor's approval. The proposal, HCR 2001, also known as the Fast, Accurate, Secure, Transparent Election Results Act, would take effect in 2028 if approved.
State law already requires voters casting ballots in person to show photo identification or two non-photo documents bearing their name and address. But the vast majority of Arizona voters cast ballots by mail, and current law does not require those voters to provide identification at the time of voting, though they must provide identification when registering and sign ballot envelopes for signature verification.
