Arizona remains a focal point in the voting rights struggle. A provision of a 2021 law will change the rules for the state’s popular permanent early voting list, which previously allowed voters to automatically receive mail ballots before every election. Although the new policy won’t be in effect for the midterms, voters will be booted off the mail voting list in the future if they go four years without casting a mail ballot — even if the state has no reason to think they’ve moved or are otherwise ineligible. A Brennan Center study finds that the new law puts Latino, Black, and Native American voters at far higher risk of being removed, underscoring how the ongoing wave of restrictive laws disproportionately impacts voters of color.
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