[csusbpeace] Arizona G.O.P. Passes Law to Limit Distribution of Mail Ballots
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Arizona G.O.P. Passes Law to Limit Distribution of Mail Ballots
The new law, signed by Gov. Doug Ducey, will remove people from a widely
popular early voting list if they do not cast a ballot at least once every
two years.
May 11, 2021
Amid months of false claims by former President Donald J. Trump that the 2020
election was stolen from him, Republican lawmakers in many states are
marching ahead
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/us/politics/florida-voting-rights-bill-republicans.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
to pass laws making it harder to vote and changing how elections are run,
frustrating Democrats and even some election officials in their own party.
A Key Topic
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/briefing/andrew-cuomo-myanmar-nigeria-students-kidnapped.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>:
The rules and procedures of elections have become a central issue in
American politics. The Brennan Center for Justice, a liberal-leaning law and
justice institute at New York University, counts 361 bills in 47 states
<https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-march-2021>
that seek to tighten voting rules. At the same time, 843 bills have been
introduced with provisions to improve access to voting.
The Basic Measures: The restrictions vary by state but can include limiting
the use of ballot drop boxes, adding identification requirements for voters
requesting absentee ballots, and doing away with local laws that allow
automatic registration for absentee voting.
More Extreme Measures:
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
Some measures go beyond altering how one votes, including tweaking Electoral
College and judicial election rules, clamping down on citizen-led ballot
initiatives, and outlawing private donations that provide resources for
administering elections.
Pushback:
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/voting-rights-law.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
This Republican effort has led Democrats in Congress to find a way to pass
federal voting laws. A sweeping voting rights bill
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/voting-rights-law.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
passed the House in March, but faces difficult obstacles in the Senate.
Republicans have remained united against the proposal and even if the bill
became law, it would likely face steep legal challenges
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/voting-rights-bill-legal.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>.
Florida:
<https://www.nytimes.com/article/florida-voting-law.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
Measures here include limiting the use of drop boxes, adding more
identification requirements for absentee ballots, requiring voters to request
an absentee ballot for each election, limiting who could collect and drop off
ballots, and further empowering partisan observers during the ballot-counting
process.
Texas:
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/us/politics/texas-voting-rights-bill.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
The next big move could happen here, where Republicans in the legislature
are brushing aside objections from corporate titans
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/us/politics/microsoft-hp-patagonia-texas-voting-rights.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
and moving on a vast election bill that would be among the most severe in
the nation. It would impose new restrictions on early voting, ban
drive-through voting, threaten election officials with harsher penalties and
greatly empower partisan poll watchers.
Other States:
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup>
Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill that would limit
the distribution of mail ballots
<https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/11/us/biden-news-today?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-voting-rights®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_3&context=storylines-levelup#gov-doug-ducey-of-arizona-signs-a-republican-bill-to-limit-the-distribution-of-mail-ballots>.
The bill, which includes removing voters from the state’s Permanent Early
Voting List if they do not cast a ballot at least once every two years, may
be only the first in a series of voting restrictions to be enacted there.
Georgia Republicans in March enacted far-reaching new voting laws that limit
ballot drop-boxes and make the distribution of water within certain
boundaries of a polling station a misdemeanor. Iowa has also imposed new
limits, including reducing the period for early voting and in-person voting
hours on Election Day. And bills to restrict voting have been moving through
the Republican-led Legislature in Michigan.
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