Activists to fight Arizona s new election law SB-1485, targeting early voting ballots
A day after Ducey signed a contentious election bill, which may remove more than 100,000 voters from the active early voting rolls, voting rights activists said they will now take their fight to Congress.
and last updated 2021-05-13 00:31:40-04
PHOENIX â A day after Governor Doug Ducey signed a contentious election bill, which may remove more than 100,000 voters from the active early voting rolls, voting rights activists said they will now take their fight to Congress.
âThis bill is simple, itâs all about election integrity,â the Governor said on Twitter, but Pastor Warren H Stewart Sr. of the African American Christian Clergy Coalition, a group that represents more than 100 churches said the bill is all about who voted in 2020.
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.
Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it, GOP Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quickly signed a bill into law that could remove tens of thousands
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PHOENIX Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed controversial legislation that will allow some people to be removed from what until now has been the permanent early voting list.
The move comes less than two hours after the Senate, on a 16-14 party-line vote, approved SB 1485 based on claims that ballots are being sent out to people who do not use them. More to the point, proponents say that having unvoted early ballots leads to the possibility that someone else could get hold of them and cast a fraudulent vote.
Sen. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, said that in Pima County alone there were about 70,000 early ballots mailed out last election that were not returned.