Arizona public voting records are available to anyone with an authorized election-related purpose, and requests go to either the county recorder’s office for county-level data or the Secretary of State for the statewide database. The records include a voter’s name, address, party, birth year, and voting history, but not their Social Security number, driver’s license number, signature, email, or full date of birth. Commercial use is prohibited and treated as a felony. If you only want to confirm your own registration, Arizona has a free online lookup at my.arizona.vote that takes about 30 seconds and skips the formal request process entirely.
What’s Public in an Arizona Voter Record
The precinct registers county recorders prepare before each election contain a defined set of fields that any authorized requester can review. The electronic data package is the same in every county and includes:
- Full name, including any title on file
- Party preference
- Registration date
- Residence address, and mailing address if different
- Zip code
- Telephone number, if the voter provided one
- Birth year
- Occupation, if the voter provided one
- Voting history for the prior four years, including early ballot requests and returns
Voting history shows whether someone cast a ballot in a given election, never how they voted. Ballot choices stay confidential in every case.1Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
What Stays Confidential
ARS 16-168 seals several fields against public inspection, copying, or reproduction:
- Month and day of birth (only the year is public)
- Social Security number, including any partial number
- Driver’s license or non-operating identification number
- Indian census number
- Father’s name or mother’s maiden name
- State or country of birth
- Voter’s signature
- Email address
Email carries the strongest protection. The statute says a voter’s email address “may not be released for any purpose,” with no exceptions. Every other confidential field has narrow carve-outs for the voter themselves, authorized government officials acting within their duties, voter registration agencies designated under the National Voter Registration Act, officials verifying signatures on petitions or candidate filings, election administrators, and journalists engaged in news gathering. Reporters working for a newspaper, radio station, television station, or similar outlet can access the otherwise-confidential fields (except email) for news gathering.1Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
Who Can Request Arizona Voter Data
Access is limited to people with a legitimate election-related reason. The statute authorizes use only in connection with a political party, a political campaign, an election, revising election district boundaries, or another purpose specifically authorized by law. Commercial use is flatly prohibited.1Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
The typical requesters are candidates for office, registered political committees, and county or state party officials. One nuance in the statute is worth flagging: selling voter data to a candidate or registered political committee for an authorized election-related use does not count as a “commercial purpose.” A sale to a campaign is legal; a sale to a marketing firm is a felony.
How to Submit a Request and What It Costs
Eligible requesters file a public records request with the county recorder’s office for county data or with the Secretary of State for the statewide database. Arizona’s voter information portal at my.arizona.vote routes requests to the correct county. The request must include a statement confirming the data will be used for an authorized, non-commercial purpose. Once a proper request is received, the office has 30 days to prepare and deliver the records.
Fees are tiered by the number of records requested:1Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
- 1 to 124,999 records: $93.75 plus $0.0005 per record
- 125,000 to 249,999 records: $156.25 plus $0.000375 per record
- 250,000 to 499,999 records: $203.13 plus $0.00025 per record
- 500,000 to 999,999 records: $265.63 plus $0.000125 per record
- 1 million or more records: $328.13 plus $0.0000625 per record
The per-record rate falls as volume rises, so a statewide pull costs less per name than a small-county request. In-person inspection of the precinct registers at the county recorder’s office is a separate option and does not run through the electronic fee schedule, though the same rules on authorized purposes and confidential fields apply.
Checking Your Own Registration
You don’t need to file a public records request to look up your own status. The free tool at my.arizona.vote accepts a name and date of birth, a driver’s license number, or a voter registration number, and returns your registration status, polling location, and district assignments.
To update your information after a move, name change, or party switch, you can make changes online through AZMVDNow if you hold an Arizona driver’s license or non-operating ID card. You can also submit an updated paper registration form by mail or in person at your county recorder’s office. A new voter registration card arrives in the mail within four to six weeks after the update processes.2Arizona Secretary of State. Registering to Vote
Records That Won’t Appear: Protected Voter Status
Some Arizona voters have their entire record sealed, not just the normally confidential fields, so a request will not return them. The list of people who qualify is broad and includes peace officers and their spouses, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, corrections officers, probation officers, code enforcement officers, firefighters assigned to the state counterterrorism center, Department of Child Safety employees with direct family contact, and former public officials, among others.3Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-153 – Voter Registration Confidentiality Definitions
Eligible people apply by filing a sworn affidavit with the presiding judge of the superior court in their county of residence. Once approved, the seal lasts for five years.4Maricopa County Elections Department. Personal Information Redaction
A separate, faster path exists for people covered by an order of protection or an injunction against harassment. Those individuals present the court order to the county recorder, who must seal the voter’s record within 120 days. On request, the recorder will also seal the records of other registered voters at the same address. Participants in Arizona’s Address Confidentiality Program qualify for the same protection.3Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-153 – Voter Registration Confidentiality Definitions
Penalties for Misusing the Data
Anyone who possesses voter registration data or a precinct list and allows it to be used, bought, sold, or transferred for an unauthorized purpose commits a Class 6 felony. The same penalty applies to posting voter registration information on the internet without authorization. It does not matter whether the person obtained the data through a formal request or simply had a copy passed to them by someone who did. Fines can reach $150,000.1Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification