Advertise with Googlier.com PEVL | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Mon, 07 Jun 2021 21:42:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg PEVL | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Elections law is simply voter suppression https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/06/07/elections-law-is-simply-voter-suppression/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/06/07/elections-law-is-simply-voter-suppression/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2021 21:42:24 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=249531 SB1485, which our governor signed as quickly as possible, to avoid voter contact, which he knows is objectionable, is voter suppression pure and simple. Other words are just distractions to this fact. Voters know this and will act.

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]]> Dear Editor:   Without the Permanent Early Voters List, or PEVL, my sons wouldn’t have been able to vote. Two of my three sons have muscular dystrophy and without me in town, they could not...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/06/07/elections-law-is-simply-voter-suppression/feed/ 1 249531 Elections must be won on ideas, not unfair rules https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/18/elections-must-be-won-on-ideas-not-unfair-rules/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/18/elections-must-be-won-on-ideas-not-unfair-rules/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:19:23 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=248483 Please take the time to give these bills some thought, develop your own opinions and contact your legislator with your position. In other words, we encourage you to participate in the political process and to help improve the integrity of our elections.

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]]> “There have been irregularities in our elections, sometimes even fraud, but never to an extent that it affected the outcome. We should all be proud of that, and respect the...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/18/elections-must-be-won-on-ideas-not-unfair-rules/feed/ 1 248483 House panel OKs purge of early voter list https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/10/house-panel-oks-purge-of-early-voter-list/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/10/house-panel-oks-purge-of-early-voter-list/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:21:03 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=248329 A bill to remove voters from the Permanent Early Voting List if they miss four elections in a row is headed to the full House.

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]]> A bill to remove voters from the Permanent Early Voting List if they miss four elections in a row is headed to the full House. After more than an hour...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/10/house-panel-oks-purge-of-early-voter-list/feed/ 0 248329 Independent voters will be harmed by election reform proposal https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/08/independent-voters-will-be-harmed-by-election-reform-proposal/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/08/independent-voters-will-be-harmed-by-election-reform-proposal/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:01:04 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=248292 To put it more directly, should this bill pass without dropping the requirement to vote in partisan primary elections, independent Arizona voters will be well within their rights to sue to block that blatantly unconstitutional feature.

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]]> Voter Proudly Displays Evidence that He Voted on Election Day in the United States. Independent voters in Arizona could be facing a substantial and unjustified change...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/08/independent-voters-will-be-harmed-by-election-reform-proposal/feed/ 0 248292 Disenfranchising voters is not ‘election reform’ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/03/disenfranchising-voters-is-not-election-reform/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/03/disenfranchising-voters-is-not-election-reform/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:09:56 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=248221 Arizonans have an election system that is safe, secure, and convenient. Through the hard work of election officials and leaders from both parties, our voting system serves as a national model. Despite this success, we are now witnessing legislative efforts aimed at not only undoing this carefully crafted system, but actually attempting to suppress the votes of Arizonans. These efforts are misguided and must be defeated.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021/03/03/disenfranchising-voters-is-not-election-reform/feed/ 2 248221 Discontent with vote bringing slew of election bills https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/12/17/discontent-with-vote-bringing-slew-of-election-bills/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/12/17/discontent-with-vote-bringing-slew-of-election-bills/#respond Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:19:38 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=247408 As a significant portion of Arizona Republicans continue fighting to overturn the results of the last election, some GOP lawmakers have pivoted to crafting legislation to change how future elections are conducted.

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]]> Arizona elections officials continue to count ballots inside the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) As a significant portion...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/12/17/discontent-with-vote-bringing-slew-of-election-bills/feed/ 0 247408 County has plans to count ballots if COVID strikes staff https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/09/18/county-has-plans-to-count-ballots-if-covid-strikes-staff/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/09/18/county-has-plans-to-count-ballots-if-covid-strikes-staff/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:20:16 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=246041 The state’s largest county has a plan to keep tabulating ballots if the Elections Department gets hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 before the November 3 election.

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]]> In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mail box. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) The state’s largest county...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/09/18/county-has-plans-to-count-ballots-if-covid-strikes-staff/feed/ 0 246041 Pandemic’s role unknown in rise of early voters https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/05/08/pandemics-role-unknown-in-rise-of-early-voters/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/05/08/pandemics-role-unknown-in-rise-of-early-voters/#respond Fri, 08 May 2020 12:15:10 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=134314 Election officials say it’s nearly impossible to know if the pandemic has led to an increase in voters who have registered to the state’s Permanent Early Voting List compared to other election years because nobody keeps track of that data.

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]]> In this March 10, 2020, file photo, a King County Election worker collects ballots from a drop box in Seattle for the primary election in Washington...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/05/08/pandemics-role-unknown-in-rise-of-early-voters/feed/ 0 134314 All mail election debate gets new life, spurred by virus https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/04/10/all-mail-election-debate-gets-new-life-spurred-by-virus/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/04/10/all-mail-election-debate-gets-new-life-spurred-by-virus/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:00:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=133942 A fight is brewing in Arizona over whether to switch to an all-mail ballot for the primary and general election in order to combat the spread of COVID-19.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/04/10/all-mail-election-debate-gets-new-life-spurred-by-virus/feed/ 2 133942 GOP bill would restrict vote-by-mail options https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/01/24/committee-approves-changes-to-voting-laws/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/01/24/committee-approves-changes-to-voting-laws/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:06:07 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=127122 Ignoring the testimony of county election officials, Republican lawmakers voted to bar Arizona voters who receive their ballot by mail from turning them in by hand.

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]]> Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) Ignoring the testimony of county election officials, Republican lawmakers voted to bar Arizona voters who receive their...

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