A Republican official in Maricopa County, Arizona, has proposed new ways to get the results of elections out faster after certifying the results of the 2022 midterm elections took nearly a month.
Stephen Richer, the recorder for Arizona's most populous county, released a 28-page memo earlier this month, which included proposals such as eliminating"late early ballots," expanding Election Day operations, and extending the early voting period."You have a very voter-friendly system that accommodates dropping off your early ballot on Election Day up until 7 p.m.," Richer said in December.
Richer said he modeled the proposed elimination after examining the voting processes in Florida and Georgia, which require early voters to drop off ballots before Election Day. However, the suggestion has faced heavy criticism because dropping off ballots on the day of the election is an increasingly popular method in Arizona.
"We need to make sure that policies are aligning with what the voters are asking for and what the voters do, in fact, in the course of their standard voting process," Patrick told NPR."The truth of the matter is that there's never an official result for days, and in some cases, a few weeks after the election. It's when those elections are close that people get antsy and want the immediacy of finality of that contest and knowing who is the projected winner.
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