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April 26, 2021
The fight over the 2020 election continues in Arizona, where state lawmakers this year filed the third-highest number of voting restriction bills in the nation, according to a national survey. Four of the 23 voting restriction bills are given a shot at passing, while none of the 15 that would expand voting access is still alive at the Legislature winds down. (Photo courtesy Maricopa County Elections Department)
WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers, who began the year with one of the highest number of voting restriction bills in the nation, are winding down a legislative session in which it appears only a few of those bills will survive.
Arizona near top of states for bills aimed at voting rights, limits
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Posted at 6:45 PM, Apr 26, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-26 21:45:22-04
WASHINGTON, DC â Arizona lawmakers, who began the year with one of the highest number of voting restriction bills in the nation, are winding down a legislative session in which it appears only a few of those bills will survive.
But that doesnât mean voting rights activists are happy.
Ryan Snow, associate counsel for the Lawyersâ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, called it a âdeath by a million cuts.â
âOfficials ⦠have taken to erecting a litany of barriers that any one of which might sound on its face that itâs not that big of a deal,â Snow said. âBut when you take them together, it creates a restrictive process that disproportionately affects voters of color, low-wealth voters, young voters and other politically disabled voters.â
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A controversial election bill was surprisingly voted down in Arizona on Thursday.
A Republican state senator broke ranks and voted against a GOP-backed measure that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state s early ballot mailing list.
Sen. Kelly Townsend voted twice earlier this year for Senate Bill 1485, which would remove voters from the state s popular Permanent Early Voting List a list of voters who are automatically mailed ballots for every election in which they re eligible to vote if they don t use their ballot at least once in two straight two-year election cycles.
Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 3:49pm
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Sen. Kelly Townsend explains April 22, 2021, why she won t support legislation crafted by Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita to impose new limits on the ability of people to remain on the permanent early voting list.
A Republican state senator broke ranks and voted against a GOP-backed bill that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state’s early ballot mailing list.
Sen. Kelly Townsend (R-Mesa) voted twice earlier this year for Senate Bill 1485, which would remove voters from the state’s popular Permanent Early Voting List a list of voters who are automatically mailed ballots for every election in which they’re eligible to vote if they don’t use their early ballot at least once in two straight two-year election cycles.