Statement from Chairman Jack Sellers on Need for “Real Solution” to Election Calendar Issue
“I’m very discouraged that our elected leaders have yet to appropriately address an urgent election calendar issue we’ve all known about for months.
We need 19 extra days for the Primary and 17 extra days for the General to ensure election workers in all 15 Arizona counties can do the work that’s required of them by statute, which includes an expected significant increase in automatic recounts due to a 2022 law.
A real solution must include moving the 2024 Primary Election earlier and adjusting the period for curing early ballots.
A real solution will ensure military voters and their families get the ballots to which they’re entitled by law, in enough time for them to cast their ballot and have it counted.
A real solution will ensure Arizona voters have their rightful say in who becomes the next U.S. President.
Counties proposed a real solution months ago.
It is not time for politics; it is a time for a bipartisan solution that protects all Arizona voters.
I urge the Legislature and the Governor to pass and sign a clean solution no later than February 9.”
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