Legislators in Arizona narrowly Rejected a Proposal that would have Removed 200,000 People from the List of Voters who Automatically Receive a Mail-in-Ballot for Every Election.
The Republican-backed Bill would have Purged Voters from the List if they had Skipped Multiple Elections, but would Not have Canceled their Registration.
Democrats, who Stopped the Bill in a Senate Committee with the Help of a Single Republican Vote, argued such a Purge would make it Harder for People to Vote, particularly People of Color and Low-Income Voters.
When legislatures Opened their 2021 Sessions, Lawmakers in Three Dozen States introduced more than 500 Bills aimed at Changing Voting Laws.
Arizona is the First Swing State to Dispose of Legislation aimed at Tightening the Rules.
About Half of the Impacted Voters would have been Independents, along with 64,000 Democrats, and 47,000 Republicans, Democratic Secretary of State, Katie Hobbs, said..
More than 3 Million Arizonans are on the Permanent Early Voting List. They Automatically Receive a Mail-in-Ballot Ahead of Every Election. People are Only Removed from the List if they Request Removal, their Registration is Canceled, or they become Inactive.
Progressive Groups are Celebrating the Legislation's Defeat. "This reckless bill was a blatant attempt to suppress votes — and it should never have made it to the floor of the Arizona Senate," said Brett Edkins, Political Director of Stand Up America, which ran a Grassroots Campaign against the Measure. "The Republican lawmakers who championed it, and peddled lies to push it through the legislature, should be ashamed of themselves."
Restricting No-Excuse Absentee Voting and Banning Drop Boxes won't actually Improve Election Integrity, Despite the Claims of many Conservatives, according to a New Study. R Street Institute, a Right-leaning Public Policy Research Organization, Released a Five-Page Report, this week, arguing against the various State Proposals aimed at Restricting Voting Access. While the Report says some Proposed Reforms deserve Serious Deliberation, Others will only make it Harder for People to Vote.
More Americans than ever Cast a Ballot by Mail in the 2020 Election due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, prompting some States to consider making No-Excuse Absentee Voting and other Ballot Expansions Permanent Policies. However, 33 State Legislatures are also considering more than 165 Bills that would Restrict Voting Access.
I am against a Permant Vote-by-Mail List. I perfer a State Mailing a Vote-by-Mail Request. Then use the Returned Requst, due to Voter No Longer at that Address to Clean their Voter Rolls. I don't like the idea of Blank Ballots traveling through the Postal System.
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