Arizona Republicans Enact Sweeping Changes To State's Early Voting List
3 years, 7 months ago

Arizona Republicans Enact Sweeping Changes To State's Early Voting List

NPR  

Arizona Republicans Enact Sweeping Changes To State's Early Voting List Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it, GOP Gov. Voters who sign up for the state's Permanent Early Voting List — PEVL for short — are automatically sent a ballot for every election in which they're eligible to vote. But Senate Bill 1485, Sponsor Message Her legislation rebrands the PEVL as the "Active" Early Voting List, a name that highlights the main purpose of the measure — to remove voters from the list if they don't use their early ballot at least once in two straight two-year election cycles, and if they don't respond to a notice from county officials, warning them of the removal. Sponsor Message On Tuesday, Ducey accused critics of using "deceptive and heated rhetoric" to lobby against the bill, and said his past defense of Arizona's election doesn't preclude him from changing the system.

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Arizona Supreme Court declines emergency request to extend ballot ‘curing’ deadline
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Arizona Supreme Court declines emergency request to extend ballot ‘curing’ deadline

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court declined Sunday to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots, a day after voter rights groups cited reports of delays in vote counting and in notification of voters with problem signatures. The court said Sunday that election officials in eight of the state’s 15 counties reported that all voters with …

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays

NPR  

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays It has been nearly two decades since Arizona voters have received ballots as long as the ones being turned in this election cycle. In Maricopa County, voters have had to sift through a two-page, front and back ballot with a wide range of issues. Moving down the ballot, voters are also …

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from the Presidential campaigns
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from the Presidential campaigns

The Hindu  

Early in-person voting begins Wednesday in Arizona, making it the first of this year's Presidential battleground States where all residents can cast a ballot at a traditional polling place ahead of Election Day. The start of in-person voting in the closely contested State also drawing the presidential tickets, with both campaigns scheduling visits there this week. “Early voting, particularly by …

Nearly 100,000 Arizona voters are in limbo thanks to an error in registration system
3 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 100,000 Arizona voters are in limbo thanks to an error in registration system

LA Times  

Voters leave a precinct in Sun City West, Ariz., after casting their ballots in the state’s primary election in July. The ability of nearly 100,000 Arizonans to vote in state and local elections is headed to court after election officials said they discovered an error in their system last week, throwing a chaotic wrinkle into the battleground state’s voter registration …

Arizona Republicans sue after Dem governor opens more voting locations
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Arizona Republicans sue after Dem governor opens more voting locations

Raw Story  

In 2023, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed two executive orders ahead of the 2024 election: One that allowed state government facilities to serve as voter registration sites, and the second made those same government facilities locations where individuals could vote in November. But as the 2024 election approaches, the Arizona state Republican Party is suing, the voting rights group Democracy …

Supreme Court grants GOP bid to require citizenship proof for some Arizona voters
4 months ago

Supreme Court grants GOP bid to require citizenship proof for some Arizona voters

NPR  

Supreme Court grants GOP bid to require citizenship proof for some Arizona voters toggle caption Matt York/AP The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a mixed ruling on a controversial Arizona voting law. With voter registration for this fall’s general election in Arizona set to end on Oct. 7, Patty Ferguson-Bohnee — a law professor at Arizona State University and …

Trump wants Republicans to ‘swamp’ early voting and mail-in ballots. But he can’t stop lying about elections
6 months ago

Trump wants Republicans to ‘swamp’ early voting and mail-in ballots. But he can’t stop lying about elections

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This month, Trump’s campaign and the RNC launched …

Arizona faces Friday deadline for giving counties more time to count votes
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona faces Friday deadline for giving counties more time to count votes

Associated Press  

The Arizona Legislature agreed Thursday to give counties more time to tally votes after county officials complained that a 2022 change in law would make it difficult to complete counting votes in time if the results were close enough to trigger a mandatory recount. The state faces a Friday deadline for making the fix, which would apply to Arizona’s primary …

Arizona voters reject effort to enact stricter voter ID law
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona voters reject effort to enact stricter voter ID law

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona voters who overwhelmingly cast their ballots by mail have rejected a measure that would have required them to add more information to the simple signature and date they now put on the back of the return envelope. Proposition 309 also would have eliminated the ability of registered voters who do not have a state or federally-issued photo …

Arizona voters reject effort to enact a stricter voter ID law
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona voters reject effort to enact a stricter voter ID law

LA Times  

Arizona voters, the overwhelming majority of whom cast their ballots by mail, have rejected a measure that would have required them to add more information than the simple signature and date they now put on the back of the return envelope. Proposition 309 also would have eliminated the ability of registered voters without a state or federally issued photo ID …

EXPLAINER: Why did Arizona have voting slowdowns?
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why did Arizona have voting slowdowns?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There were some voting slowdowns Tuesday in Arizona, where races for governor and Senate are among the most closely watched contests of this year’s midterm elections. On Tuesday in Maricopa County, the state’s most populous, some of the tabulators did not read the ballots because the printers did not produce what are known as “timing marks” — which …

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Early Tuesday morning, Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist with close ties to the Trump family, shared a video of a poll worker in conservative Anthem, Arizona, announcing to a line of waiting voters that one of the polling place’s two tabulators was broken. “It could be a printer issue, or it could be the tabulator itself,” …

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge on Monday blocked a rural Arizona county’s plan to conduct a full hand-count of ballots from the current election — a measure requested by Republican officials who expressed unfounded concerns that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy. “Because the statute does not permit elections officials to begin the precinct hand-count by counting all ballots cast, the Board’s requirement …

Registration error affects up to 6,000 Arizona voters
2 years, 2 months ago

Registration error affects up to 6,000 Arizona voters

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A voter registration error may have caused some Arizona voters to get a mail ballot with only federal races, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Tuesday. A problem with the link between voter registration and driver’s license databases may have caused as many as 6,000 voters to be improperly flagged as lacking proof of citizenship documentation on file. …

Arizona Supreme Court keeps voting rights measure off ballot
2 years, 3 months ago

Arizona Supreme Court keeps voting rights measure off ballot

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A voter initiative rolling back Republican-backed election law changes and expanding voting access will not appear on the November ballot, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday, issuing a final death knell after an on-again off-again series of court rulings. The high court decision upholds a lower court ruling issued hours earlier, in which Maricopa County Superior Court Judge …

Ruling keeps Arizona voting access measure on the ballot
2 years, 3 months ago

Ruling keeps Arizona voting access measure on the ballot

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge ruled Thursday that an Arizona initiative expanding voting access and rolling back a host of restrictions enacted by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature and GOP Gov. The high court’s ruling in the Free and Fair Elections case mainly rejected opponents’ arguments over qualifying signatures, but several challenges to lower court rulings on signatures split for each side. …

Ruling puts Arizona voting access initiative on life support
2 years, 4 months ago

Ruling puts Arizona voting access initiative on life support

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona voter initiative that would expand voting access and roll back tightened election laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Attorney Korey Langhofer, who represents the pro-business Arizona Free Enterprise Club in the challenge to the election measure, said appeals are likely by his group and the initiative’s backers to Maricopa County Superior …

Arizona judge rejects GOP request to block voting by mail
2 years, 6 months ago

Arizona judge rejects GOP request to block voting by mail

LA Times  

An Arizona judge Monday declined a request by the state Republican Party to block most mail-in ballots for the 2022 election, preserving the voting method used by an overwhelming majority of the state’s voters. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ruled that nothing in the Arizona Constitution prohibits the Legislature from allowing citizens to vote by mail. Gen. Mark …

Ducey signs bill allowing on-site counting of early ballots
2 years, 6 months ago

Ducey signs bill allowing on-site counting of early ballots

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona voters may be able to have their mail ballots counted on-site if they bring them to a polling place in future elections. Doug Ducey on Monday signed a bill authorizing county election officials to count mail ballots on-site, but no counties will be required to allow it. Meanwhile, Ducey also signed a bill that seeks to get …

Arizona governor vetoes voter registration cancelation bill
2 years, 6 months ago

Arizona governor vetoes voter registration cancelation bill

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill Friday that would require county recorders to launch an investigation anytime someone claims that a person’s voter registration is invalid. Ducey, a Republican, said the bill could allow for subjective decisions and lead to people’s voter registrations being canceled “based on fiction rather than fact.” Determining someone’s residency under election laws …

Georgia Voters Face New Restrictions Enacted By Republicans After 2020 Election
2 years, 7 months ago

Georgia Voters Face New Restrictions Enacted By Republicans After 2020 Election

Huff Post  

Voting groups are watching for long lines, voter confusion, problems with voting equipment or any other hitch that could hinder voters from casting their ballots. Associated Press ATLANTA — Tuesday’s election in Georgia marks the biggest test yet of new voting restrictions enacted by Republicans in one of the nation’s most important battleground states as voters decide hotly contested primary …

Arizona House passes bipartisan election bills
2 years, 7 months ago

Arizona House passes bipartisan election bills

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Arizona House has approved several election bills in bipartisan votes. Meanwhile, lawmakers voted down a handful of bills that were universally opposed by Democrats, in part because there weren’t enough Republican lawmakers on hand to pass bills without Democratic votes. One failed bill would allow people to carry their mail ballot to a polling place, show identification …

Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law
2 years, 8 months ago

Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law

NPR  

Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation to expand U.S. citizenship voting requirements in the state, a measure that critics warn will jeopardize the voter registrations of thousands of Arizona residents. In signing House Bill 2492, Ducey disputed testimony …

Arizona Senate GOP revives controversial election bill
2 years, 9 months ago

Arizona Senate GOP revives controversial election bill

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona Senate committee on Monday revived and advanced a wide-ranging election bill that would eliminate nearly all forms of early voting and require ballots to be counted by hand. “And it does.” The bill, “Just because it’s convenient to vote by mail doesn’t mean that is our right,” said Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Flagstaff Republican. Mesnard of …

GOP ballot measure in Arizona would restrict early voting to speed up ballot counting
2 years, 10 months ago

GOP ballot measure in Arizona would restrict early voting to speed up ballot counting

Raw Story  

Nail-biter elections that last two weeks after the polls close could be a thing of the past under a proposed measure that could be on the November ballot — with the trade-off that Arizonans will have fewer options for casting their votes. State law currently gives election officials five days after the election to “cure” signatures that can’t be verified, …

Arizona bills embrace Trump conspiracy theories, could allow GOP to reject election results
2 years, 10 months ago

Arizona bills embrace Trump conspiracy theories, could allow GOP to reject election results

Salon  

Arizona Republicans opened the legislative session this month with a slew of new voting bills, including legislation that would allow the GOP-led state legislature to "reject" election results. Arizona Republicans, who already approved numerous new voting restrictions last year, are turning many of the GOP's conspiracy theories about Donald Trump's election loss into legislation even after their "forensic audit" of …

FACT FOCUS: A false narrative of 74K extra votes in Arizona
3 years, 5 months ago

FACT FOCUS: A false narrative of 74K extra votes in Arizona

Associated Press  

Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity consulting firm hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 election, on Thursday pushed a false narrative that Maricopa County received thousands of mail-in ballots that had no record of being sent out to voters. There’s not proper things there, but I think when we’ve got 74,000, it merits knocking on …

Arizona Legislature set to send initiative changes to ballot
3 years, 5 months ago

Arizona Legislature set to send initiative changes to ballot

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are poised to send two more measures changing the rules for citizen initiatives to the ballot for voter approval, joining another one that was referred to the 2022 ballot on Friday. The measure approved for the ballot last week would change the Constitution and give the Legislature more power to alter citizen initiatives approved by voters …

Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting
3 years, 7 months ago

Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they’re pushing after President Joe Biden’s win in the state last year are designed to strengthen the integrity of future elections. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said Ducey’s actions belittle tribes and fail to recognize the unique challenges Native Americans face when casting ballots. “Here in Arizona, it’s pushing back on …

Opinion: We saddled up to make sure Native Americans got to vote
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion: We saddled up to make sure Native Americans got to vote

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Allie Young is a citizen of the Diné Nation and founder of Protect the Sacred. CNN — Last fall, in anticipation of a monumental presidential election, I organized the Ride to the Polls campaign, which led Diné voters on horseback to polling places to cast their votes in Arizona. It’s already difficult for Native voters to get to …

Arizona makes it easier to purge some from early voting list
3 years, 7 months ago

Arizona makes it easier to purge some from early voting list

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed legislation purging infrequent voters from a list of those who automatically get a mail-in ballot each election, ignoring protests from Democrats and prominent business leaders who said the measure would suppress the votes of people of color. The measure signed Tuesday would remove people who don’t return their mail-in ballot for …

Democrats revise voting bill, but Senate obstacles remain
3 years, 7 months ago

Democrats revise voting bill, but Senate obstacles remain

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats are revising key sections of their sweeping legislation to overhaul U.S. elections, hoping to address concerns raised by state and local election officials even as they face daunting odds of passing the bill through Congress. President Joe Biden has said the bill — which would create automatic voter registration nationwide, promote early voting, require more disclosure from …

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills
3 years, 7 months ago

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 50 companies and business organizations, including some in Texas, released an open …

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills
3 years, 7 months ago

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican lawmakers around the country are pressing ahead with efforts to tighten voting laws, despite growing warnings from business leaders that the measures could harm democracy and the economic climate. More than 50 companies and business organizations, including some in Texas, released an open letter on Tuesday expressing opposition to “any changes” that would make it harder …

After Georgia: Here Are 4 States To Watch Next On Voting Legislation
3 years, 8 months ago

After Georgia: Here Are 4 States To Watch Next On Voting Legislation

NPR  

After Georgia: Here Are 4 States To Watch Next On Voting Legislation Enlarge this image toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images While the debate and recriminations over Georgia's controversial new election law continue, some attention turns elsewhere, to other states where lawmakers are similarly weighing contested voting legislation. States with Republican leadership — like …

Iowa governor signs GOP-forced voting changes bill into law
3 years, 9 months ago

Iowa governor signs GOP-forced voting changes bill into law

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Reynolds said election integrity must be protected, claiming the law provides election officials with consistent parameters for Election Day, absentee voting and database maintenance “All of these additional steps promote more transparency and accountability, giving Iowans even greater confidence to cast their ballot,” she said in a statement after signing the bill. “What is …

GOP bill would slash voting by mail and early voting in Iowa
3 years, 10 months ago

GOP bill would slash voting by mail and early voting in Iowa

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s Republican-controlled Legislature advanced a bill Wednesday to significantly limit voting by mail and early voting, threaten criminal charges against county auditors who depart from state election guidance and remove many inactive voters from the rolls. It would bar counties from mailing absentee ballot applications to voters, tightly regulate how absentee ballots can be returned and …

Arizona sees massive turnout, smooth process in early voting
4 years, 1 month ago

Arizona sees massive turnout, smooth process in early voting

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Even on weekends, there’s a constant stream of cars that drive through the downtown Phoenix building where one of Maricopa County’s several secure drop boxes allow voters to return their ballots. They are among over 1.2 million voters whose ballots have already been counted this year, surpassing the overall number of early ballots cast in the 2016 general …

‘I’m worried about everything’: Fearing their votes won’t count, Arizonans rush to cast ballots early
4 years, 2 months ago

‘I’m worried about everything’: Fearing their votes won’t count, Arizonans rush to cast ballots early

LA Times  

Emilio Alvarado typically takes his time with his ballot, weighing the candidates and propositions before mailing it in close to election day. In Arizona last Wednesday, the first day of early voting, nearly 3,000 people cast ballots in person at seven sites in Maricopa County, according to the county recorder’s office. Former Vice President Biden emphasized early voting on a …

Final Arizona tally may take days, as usual
4 years, 4 months ago

Final Arizona tally may take days, as usual

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Politicians in tight races should not expect final results from Arizona’s primary election for at least a few days, a regular occurrence in the state even though it sees the vast majority of voters cast ballots early by mail. Maricopa County had about 76,000 mail ballots dropped off on Election Day, and also needed to process about 20,000 …

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