Arizona has not been without controversy over it’s absentee voting in 2020.
On Tuesday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed an election integrity bill, known as S.B. 1485, into law.
The bill rescinds the Grand Canyon State’s Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL) and establishes the Active Early Voting List (AEVL), which now requires those who are on the early voter list to vote in at least one election during a four-year cycle in order to receive a mail-in ballot for the next election automatically. If a county recorder’s office doesn’t hear from the voter via mail, the office may also reach out via telephone, text message, or email.
“Today I’m signing S.B. 1485. This bill is simple. It’s all about election integrity. If an individual is signed up to automatically be mailed an early ballot, and then stops voting entirely for a full four years, their country recorder will ask them if they still want to automatically be mailed a ballot. If they respond, they’ll continue receiving one,” Ducey explained in a video address posted to Twitter.
“If they don’t respond, here’s what happens. They will remain a registered voter,” he said. “They can still request an early ballot. And they can also show up at the polls in person on Election Day.”