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By Mary Jo Pitzl || The Arizona Republic
A ballot measure to increase ID requirements for all types of voting has failed.
Proposition 309, which lawmakers sent to the ballot, would have tightened identification requirements for voters, both those who vote by mail and those who vote at the polls on Election Day.
The Associated Press projected that the measure had failed after the latest returns were reported from Maricopa County on Wednesday night.
Had it passed, early voters would have received an extra piece of paper — an affidavit — in their ballot packet. The affidavit would have required the voter’s driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number, their date of birth and their signature.
If the ballot were returned to elections offices without the affidavit, voters would have an opportunity to fill it out. But without the affidavit, a vote would not get counted.
Voters who use vote by mail sign the back of the envelope in which their ballot is returned and elections officials compare that to their signature on the voter registration rolls. That will continue.
For in-person voters, a non-expired photo identification would have become a must. Currently, voters can produce two pieces of non-photographic evidence in lieu of a photo ID. The measure required a current photo ID, such as a driver’s license or a tribal ID issued by a tribal government.
