Proposition 144
Voter Identification and Citizenship Voting Requirements Amendment
On the ballot
Arizona · November 2026 general election · Legislative referral · Election day November 3, 2026
Topics: Elections and voting, Civil rights
In plain language
Proposition 144 would amend the Arizona Constitution to declare that only citizens may register and vote in Arizona elections, and that election results are decided solely by eligible citizens' votes. It would require every in-person voter to show government-issued photo identification, require mail voters to be identified beyond current signature verification, remove non-government forms of identification such as a bank statement from the accepted list, bar foreign nationals from spending money to influence state elections, and require every polling place to offer on-site ballot tabulation. The Arizona Supreme Court upheld the measure's ballot language on August 18, 2026.
Fiscal impact
No official fiscal note has been issued for this measure yet.
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What supporters and opponents say
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What supporters say
- Supporters in the Legislature who referred the measure, House Concurrent Resolution 2001, said its central purpose is declaring that only citizens may register and vote in Arizona elections and that election results are decided solely by eligible citizen voters.
What opponents say
- Critics who challenged the measure's ballot language argued it improperly combines unrelated subjects — voter qualifications, voter identification, ballot tabulation, legislative authority over elections, and campaign finance — into a single amendment.
- Opponents say thousands of eligible Arizona voters who lack a government-issued photo ID could be unable to vote if the current list of accepted identification, which includes non-government documents such as a bank statement, is narrowed.
Official ballot language
The certified ballot text is not yet available for this measure. Once the state certifies it, the verbatim wording will appear here.
Sources
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