Arizona Leads Ballot Clampdown for GOP Reckoning With 2020 Loss

Feb. 9, 2021, 10:59 AM UTC

Arizona, which just beat its all-time election turnout by more than 759,000 ballots, is on the leading edge of Republican-controlled legislatures pursuing new restrictions on voting.

The state’s GOP lawmakers say they’re trying to restore confidence in the election system after former President Donald Trump lacked a valid path to contest a race he lost by a fraction of a percentage point.

Their proposals, some of which could be voted on as soon as Tuesday, include making recounts easier, forcing absentee voters to go to a notary before heading to the mailbox, and a use-it-or-lose it bill to cancel the ...

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