Arizona Court Strikes Down Challenge to Mail-In Voting
An Arizona Appellate Court upheld a lower court’s decision to reject a lawsuit from the Arizona Republican Party (AZGOP) filed against election officials for alleging Arizona’s mail-in voting law violated the Arizona Constitution’s secrecy clause.
The secrecy clause states “All elections by the people shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may be prescribed by law; Provided that secrecy in voting shall be preserved,” according to the court memo announcing the decision.
The superior court in their ruling found Arizona’s mail-in voting laws “adequately preserve secrecy in voting” and denied the AZGOP and its Chairwoman Kelli Ward’s lawsuit from moving forward. The appellate court upheld the lower court’s decision on Tuesday….