A. A person is presumed to be properly registered to vote on completion of a registration form as prescribed by section 16-152 that contains at least the name, the residence address or the location, proof of location of residence as prescribed by section 16-123, the date and place of birth and the signature or other statement of the registrant as prescribed by section 16-152, subsection A, paragraph 20 and a checkmark or other appropriate mark in the "yes" box next to the question regarding citizenship. Any application for registration, including an application on a form prescribed by the United States election assistance commission, must contain a checkmark or other appropriate mark in the "yes" box next to the question regarding citizenship as a condition of being properly registered to vote as either a voter who is eligible to vote a full ballot or a voter who is eligible to vote only with a ballot for federal offices. The completed registration form must also contain the person’s Arizona driver license number, the nonoperating identification license number issued pursuant to section 28-3165, the last four digits of the person’s social security number or the person’s affirmation that if an Arizona driver license number, a nonoperating identification license number or the last four digits of the person’s social security number is not provided, the person does not possess a valid Arizona driver or nonoperating identification license or a social security number and the person is hereby requesting that a unique identifying number be assigned by the secretary of state pursuant to section 16-152, subsection A, paragraph 12, subdivision (c). Any application that does not include all of the information required to be on the registration form pursuant to section 16-152 and any application that is not signed is incomplete, and the county recorder shall notify the applicant pursuant to section 16-134, subsection B and shall not register the voter until all of the information is returned.

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B. The presumption in subsection A of this section may be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence of any of the following:

1. That the registrant is not the person whose name appears on the register.

2. That the registrant has not resided in this state for twenty-nine days next preceding the election or other event for which the registrant’s status as properly registered is in question.

3. That the registrant is not properly registered at an address permitted by section 16-121.

4. That the registrant is not a qualified registrant under section 16-101.

C. Except for a form produced by the United States election assistance commission, any application for registration shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence of citizenship as prescribed in section 16-166, subsection F, and the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of citizenship. A county recorder or other officer in charge of elections who knowingly fails to reject an application for registration as prescribed by this subsection is guilty of a class 6 felony. The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall send a notice to the applicant as prescribed in section 16-134, subsection B.

D. Within ten days after receiving an application for registration on a form produced by the United States election assistance commission that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall use all available resources to verify the citizenship status of the applicant and at a minimum shall compare the information available on the application for registration with the following, provided the county has access:

1. The department of transportation databases of Arizona driver licenses or nonoperating identification licenses.

2. The social security administration databases.

3. The United States citizenship and immigration services systematic alien verification for entitlements program, if practicable.

4. A national association for public health statistics and information systems electronic verification of vital events system.

5. Any other state, city, town, county or federal database and any other database relating to voter registration to which the county recorder or officer in charge of elections has access, including an electronic registration information center database.

E. After complying with subsection D of this section, if the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections matches the applicant with information that verifies the applicant is a United States citizen, is otherwise qualified as prescribed by section 16-101 and has met the other requirements of this section, the applicant shall be properly registered. If the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections matches the applicant with information that the applicant is not a United States citizen, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall reject the application, notify the applicant that the application was rejected because the applicant is not a United States citizen and forward the application to the county attorney and attorney general for investigation. If the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections is unable to match the applicant with appropriate citizenship information, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall notify the applicant that the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections could not verify that the applicant is a United States citizen and that the applicant will not be qualified to vote in a presidential election or by mail with an early ballot in any election until satisfactory evidence of citizenship is provided.

F. The county recorder or other officer in charge of elections shall record the efforts made to verify an applicant’s citizenship status as prescribed in subsections D and E of this section. If the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections fails to attempt to verify the citizenship status of an applicant pursuant to subsections D and E of this section and the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections knowingly causes the applicant to be registered and it is later determined that the applicant was not a United States citizen at the time of registration, the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections is guilty of a class 6 felony.