AVONDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 07: General view as the sun sets following the NASCAR Xfinity Series LS Tractor 200 at Phoenix Raceway on March 07, 2020 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo: Getty)
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed SB 1485 into law Tuesday. The law mandates automatic purges of registered mail voters who are deemed infrequent.
The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives and Senate passed the bill amending their state’s vote-by-mail process including removing voters from the state’s permanent early voting list. Voters removed from the list would no longer receive automatic mail-in ballots.
“This bill is simple, it’s all about election integrity,” Ducey said in a video statement Tuesday.
The law says that if a voter does not participate in two election cycles, their name will be struck from the permanent voting list and no longer receive an automatic mail-in ballot. Voters due to be removed must be notified by mail 30 to 90 days before their name is removed.
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