PHOENIX — A new initiative seeks to ask Arizona voters whether they want to constitutionally preserve the right used by nearly 90% of them to vote early and even to drop off their ballots on Election Day.
A petition drive has been launched by a group calling itself Protect the Vote Arizona that seeks to put a provision in the Arizona Constitution saying there is a “fundamental right” to be able to vote early as well as vote on Election Day. And that, according to Stacy Pearson, whose Lumen Strategies is managing the campaign, includes not just showing up in person to cast a ballot but also dropping off what the ballots that were mailed to their homes.
What it also would cement into the constitution is that the right to vote early can be exercised “without providing a reason or excuse.”
