Arizona public voting records are available two ways: if you want to confirm your own registration, the Secretary of State runs a free online lookup at my.arizona.vote that takes about 30 seconds; if you want data on other voters, you file a formal public records request with your county recorder or the Secretary of State, and you have to be eligible to receive it. Arizona Revised Statutes 16-168 limits access to people with an election-related purpose and prohibits commercial use entirely.
Checking Your Own Registration
The fastest path is the state’s voter lookup tool at my.arizona.vote. You can search using your name and date of birth, your driver’s license number, or your voter registration number. The tool returns your registration status, polling location, and district assignments.
If you need to update your information after a move, a name change, or a party switch, you can do it online through the AZMVDNow portal if you hold an Arizona driver’s license or non-operating ID card. You can also submit a 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.1Arizona Secretary of State. Registering to Vote
What Information Is Public
When an authorized requester receives voter data from a county recorder, the electronic file contains a standard set of fields for each registered voter:
- 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 only whether someone cast a ballot in a given election. How they voted is confidential and always has been. Every authorized requester receives the same package of fields regardless of which county processes the request.2Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
What Stays Confidential
Several fields are off-limits during any public inspection of voter records. ARS 16-168 makes the following confidential:
- Month and day of birth (only the birth 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 gets the strongest protection in the statute. It “may not be released for any purpose,” full stop. The other confidential fields have narrow exceptions for the voter themselves, 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. The press exception covers reporters at newspapers, radio stations, television stations, and similar outlets, and it reaches every confidential field except email.2Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
Who Can Request Voter Records
Arizona restricts voter data to people with a legitimate election-related reason. The statute limits authorized uses to activities tied to a political party, a political campaign, an election, revising election district boundaries, or any other purpose specifically authorized by law. Commercial use is flatly prohibited.2Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
The usual requesters are candidates, registered political committees, and county or state party chairs. One nuance matters if you’re on the business side of a campaign: selling voter data to a candidate or registered political committee for an authorized election-related use does not count as a “commercial purpose” under the statute. That line is what separates a legal sale to a campaign vendor from the felony prohibition on commercial sales.
If you’re asking about voter records for marketing, lead generation, background checks, or any similar use, Arizona law does not allow it. There is no fee you can pay to unlock that access.
How to File a Request
Eligible requesters submit a formal public records request to the county recorder for county-level data or to the Secretary of State for statewide data. The state’s voter information portal at my.arizona.vote routes requests to the correct jurisdiction. Your request has to include a statement confirming the data will be used for an authorized, non-commercial purpose.
Once the office receives a proper request, it has 30 days to deliver the records. Fees run on a tiered schedule, with the per-record rate dropping as the volume climbs:2Arizona 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
A statewide pull of several million records 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; it doesn’t use the electronic fee schedule, but the same rules on authorized purposes and confidential fields apply.
Keeping Your Own Record Out of the Database
If you’re worried about your own information appearing in voter data releases, Arizona has two protective tracks.
Protected Voter Status seals a voter’s entire record rather than only the normally confidential fields. It’s available to 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. To seal a record this way, the eligible person files a sworn affidavit with the presiding judge of the superior court in their county of residence. The seal lasts five years.3Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-153 – Voter Registration Confidentiality Definitions4Maricopa County Elections Department. Personal Information Redaction
A simpler process exists for people covered by an order of protection or an injunction against harassment. Present the court order to the county recorder, and the recorder must seal the voter’s registration record within 120 days. On request, the recorder will also seal records of other registered voters at the same address. Participants in Arizona’s Address Confidentiality Program qualify under this same track.3Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-153 – Voter Registration Confidentiality Definitions
Penalties for Misusing Voter 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. Posting voter registration information on the internet without authorization carries the same charge. It doesn’t matter whether you obtained the data through a formal request or someone just handed you a copy.2Arizona Legislature. Arizona Code 16-168 – Precinct Registers Date of Preparation Contents Copies Reports Statewide Database Violation Classification
A Class 6 felony is Arizona’s lowest felony level, but a first offense still carries a presumptive one-year prison term and fines reaching $150,000. Because the people who typically hold voter files are campaign operatives and party officials, the felony classification works as a direct deterrent against reselling lists to marketers or data brokers.