Election Reform Organizations in Arizona - Volunteer!
Arizona Citizens for Election Reform
"Arizona Citizens for Election Reform (ACER) is a non-partisan grassroots group dedicated to improving elections in Arizona. We do not support or oppose any candidates."
Arizona Citizens for Fair Elections
"Arizona Citizens for Fair Elections (ACFE) is concerned with the vulnerability of electronic voting systems to software bugs, fraud, and data loss that could alter the outcome of an election. Our goal is to improve voter confidence by minimizing the potential for errors and fraud."
AuditAZ
"We are a nonpartisan organization whose mission is to restore public ownership and oversight of elections, work to ensure the fundamental right of every American citizen to vote, and to have each vote counted as intended in a secure, transparent, impartial, and independently audited election process."
Democracy for America - Maricopa County
"We are the populist, self-empowered practitioners of democracy from the small to the large scale and we stand strong as pragmatic, undaunted, mainstream liberals.."
Critical Races to Watch
(D) Democrat (R) Republican
(G) Green (IN) Independent
(L) Libertarian (I) Incumbent
House
| AZ1 | Ellen Simon (D) | Rick Renzi (R)(I) | David Schlosser (L) |
| AZ8 | Gabrielle Giffords (D) | Randy Graf (R)(I) | David Nolan (L) |
| Jay Quick (IN) | Russ Dove | Bill Katzel | |
| Leo Kimminau | Paul Price |
Provisional Ballots
Introduced by federal law in 2002 as part of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the provisional ballot was designed for voters whose registration was in question. Initially proposed by the Congressional Black Caucus, it was to save the rights of those wrongly purged from voter rolls.
HAVA provisional ballot law allows election officials to give provisional ballots to any persons who:
- show up at the polls on Election Day but find that, for whatever reason, their names are not on the voter rolls; or
- have their right to vote challenged by an election official. (Note: In many locations it’s not just election officials, but also partisan observers who challenge voters).
ACTION: Check with www.CanIVote.org to see if you are registered. They also need to ensure their ID matches the voter registration name exactly. Voters can be challenged over minor things, such as a middle initial on their ID while the voter roll has a full middle name listed. Next, check to be sure your polling place has not moved.
Read The Truth About Provisional Ballots.
New Voter Identification Laws
Many states have passed laws that require citizens to provide a photo identification piece proving that they are indeed citizens. A driver’s license and a birth certificate are inadequate because the former doesn’t prove citizenship and the latter doesn’t provide a photo. A passport does qualify. As the state supreme courts review these new laws, many have already been struck down as unconstitutional because they are barriers to voting.
ACTION: All citizens should check with their Secretary of State’s office to ensure what the current requirements are. If a photo ID is required, a protest should be lodged as to the unconstitutionality of the law.
Join the Transparency Project
http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6389
ARIZONA GETS OK TO REQUIRE PHOTO ID AT POLLS
Supreme Court rules state can keep measure in place for November vote
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:14 p.m. MT Oct 20, 2006
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizona may require voters to provide photo IDs when they cast their ballots next month.
The justices cautioned that they were not issuing a ruling on the constitutionality of Arizona’s law. “As we have noted, the facts in these cases are hotly contested,” the court said in an unsigned five-page order.
The ruling merely allows the Nov. 7 election to proceed with the photo ID law in place. Federal courts still will have to resolve a lawsuit contending that the law will disenfranchise numerous voters, particularly the elderly and minorities. More...
For a daily update of election news in your state go to www.votersunite.org, click on "Daily Voting News" for the appropriate date and a set of news articles will come up listed alphabetically by state.
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