News Release
May 11, 2021
PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today signed legislation that builds on the state’s leadership in election integrity, protects Arizona voters and streamlines the way elections are conducted.
“Arizona is a national leader when it comes to election integrity and access to the ballot box, and Senate Bill 1485 continues that legacy. In 1992, our state began offering the ability for Arizonans to vote an absentee ballot. Since then, Arizona has continuously improved and refined our election laws — including intuitively renaming ‘absentee’ voting to ‘early’ voting — and constantly seeking to strengthen the security and integrity of our elections,” the Governor said in a letter explaining his support for the bill.