Arizona

Search by jurisdiction: county
Soft matching: yes
Signing dates: no sandwiching, year not required
Transcribing: not allowed

Circulator Declarations

There are two different petition formats in Arizona, one for candidate nominations and another for ballot initiatives.

For candidate nominations (the AV24 job), there is a little repetition here. The shorthand is the

1. first letter of first name from upper left part of the declaration
2. first letter of last name from same part
3. first letter first name below signature
4. first letter last name below signature
5. first digit of house number
6. first letter of street name
7. first letter of city
8. full 5-digit zip code

Check the box if the voter signed.

For ballot initiatives (the Kolehouse job), the shorthand is the

1. first letter of county where notarized
2. first letter of first name from upper left part of the declaration
3. first letter of last name from same part
4. first digit of house number
5. first letter of street name
6. first letter of city
7. first letter of state
8. full 5-digit zip code

Check the box if signed by the circulator.

Enter the notary signing date.

Check the boxes if signed by the notary and stamped by the notary.

Enter the Registered Circulator ID at the very bottom without AZ, just the numerals.

Voter Registration Forms

See Voter Registrations for general instructions on voter registrations. There is a big difference in Arizona. You cannot search by birth date. You have to search in house number mode. This is still necessary to avoid entering voters who are already registered and to update political party if that has changed.

Signatures

Printed name is not required if legal signature is clearly legible.

P.O. boxes are acceptable and not -a0. These signatures can be a soft match if the name is unique.

City is not required. There is no -c.

University addresses can be written as the name of the hall. The address written must include some type of number whether an address number or a mailbox number.

Native American reservation addresses are often written like 0.25M W Burnside Rd. Those are not possible to search by house number and require a custom search. Count them hard matches and not deficient as long as the street name matches.