Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed several bills on Friday that were passed by the state’s GOP-controlled legislature that she argued would have undermined election integrity and introduced burdensome regulations that would have made Arizona’s electoral process more complicated and difficult.
One of the most significant bills she vetoed would have pulled the state from its involvement in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a coalition of more than 30 states that share information on voters’ status to help them maintain updated voter rolls.
A few Republican-led states throughout the country have pulled out from ERIC following false claims that the system is tied to liberal activists and favors left-leaning candidates.
Hobbs said in her veto letter that ERIC is an “essential tool” to ensure accurate voter rolls.
“It is unfortunate that many Republicans in the Legislature continue to fan the flames of false allegations of voter fraud, yet send to my desk a bill that would prevent Arizona from joining organizations that actually help improve the integrity of our elections,” she said.
Hobbs also vetoed bills that would have required voter registration organizations to print “Not from a Government Agency” on the envelopes of election-related documents they send to people and that would have required election workers to count early ballots at polling sites on Election Day.
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