Updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 4:18pm
Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it on a party line vote, Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quickly signed a bill that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state’s early ballot mailing list.
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. The PEVL has grown increasingly popular with each passing election in Arizona.
Whether voters use their early ballot or not has to date been irrelevant. But Senate Bill 1485, sponsored by GOP Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, takes the “permanent” out of the PEVL.