Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 15:04:09 GMT -6
A U.S. district court judge may decide two critical issues in Arizona before the November presidential election: whether to stop the state’s new so-called “ballot harvesting” law from taking effect and whether to force elections officials to count out-of-precinct provisional ballots.
The Democratic National Committee and a group of voters have filed a lawsuit accusing officials of voter suppression after people in Maricopa County – the state’s largest county – waited for hours to cast their ballots in the March 22 presidential preference election. They also claim that making ballot harvesting a felony could disenfranchise thousands of minority voters.
The case, Feldman v. Arizona Secretary of State, addresses several other issues. But the plaintiffs filed two motions on June 10 asking the court to grant preliminary injunctions against the state.
Here’s what you need to know about House Bill 2023, which will prevent people from collecting early ballots from others and turning them in to elections officials.
Read more: www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_93bebd8e-3800-11e6-9ce0-3fd144998256.html
The courts need to rule on the issues being discussed in the motion. Every ballot should be counted. Every effort should be made to provide adequate polling locations and to expedite the waiting times at those locations.
The Democratic National Committee and a group of voters have filed a lawsuit accusing officials of voter suppression after people in Maricopa County – the state’s largest county – waited for hours to cast their ballots in the March 22 presidential preference election. They also claim that making ballot harvesting a felony could disenfranchise thousands of minority voters.
The case, Feldman v. Arizona Secretary of State, addresses several other issues. But the plaintiffs filed two motions on June 10 asking the court to grant preliminary injunctions against the state.
Here’s what you need to know about House Bill 2023, which will prevent people from collecting early ballots from others and turning them in to elections officials.
Read more: www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_93bebd8e-3800-11e6-9ce0-3fd144998256.html
The courts need to rule on the issues being discussed in the motion. Every ballot should be counted. Every effort should be made to provide adequate polling locations and to expedite the waiting times at those locations.