Mary Jo Pitzl
Arizona Republic
Since the 2020 presidential election, bills to change how Arizona votes have flooded the Legislature. Yet little has changed in election law as 2024 looms.
This year’s spate of election bills — from proposals to require hand counts of ballot to a ban on ballot drop boxes — passed the GOP-controlled Legislature only to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, a former secretary of state.
Last year, when Republicans held the House, Senate and the Governor’s Office, similar bills didn’t even get to then-Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk. They were sidelined by legislative leaders or killed on a narrow vote margin, to the consternation of many Republicans.
All of which means the 2024 election will run pretty much as before, from voter registration to early voting, despite persistent skepticism about the process.
“It’s very similar to the processes of two years ago,” said Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer. And of 2020, and years prior, he added.
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