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Arizona bill would set procedures to redo elections for 'disenfranchised'

Critics say move is unneeded, unworkable

PHOENIX — State senators voted Tuesday to require new elections any time a certain number of voters claim they were “disenfranchised.”

Senate Bill 1695, given preliminary approval on a voice vote, would define that to include any time people signed affidavits they had to wait more than 90 minutes outside a polling place. But as crafted, it may not differentiate between those who couldn’t vote and those who stayed and eventually did cast a ballot despite the wait time.

And it wouldn’t take much.

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