Feds Sue Arizona Over Rushed Absentee Voting

Courthousenews ^ | MATTHEW RENDA

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(CN) – The federal government sued Arizona on Wednesday, claiming the state failed to give absentee voters enough time to consider the finalized and official ballot ahead of a Democratic special primary election.

The Justice Department’s civil rights division sued Arizona and its Secretary of State Michele Reagan, claiming when it changed the roster of candidates for a congressional special election set for Feb. 27, it needed to give absentee voters 45 days to consider the finalized ballot.

“The inability of the state to transmit the final absentee ballots to UOCAVA voters receiving a Democratic Party ballot by the 45th day before the February 27, 2018 special primary election for the House of Representatives violates the United States of America under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act” wrote John Gore, an assistant attorney general with the civil rights division of the justice department.

“UOCAVA” refers to those covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act who need extra time with their absentee ballots due to long-distance mailing considerations.

The lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday but not made available to the public until Thursday, seeks a court-ordered delay of the election until all absentee voters have “sufficient opportunity in accordance with UOCAVA to receive, mark, and return their ballots in time.”

The special election was slated to take place after Rep. Trent Franks, a Republican representing Arizona’s Eighth Congressional District, announced his retirement this past December amid a sexual harassment investigation.

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More from Branden Dilley running for Congress:

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The Federal Government (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona on Wednesday Feb 14, 2018! Which media outlet covered it in Arizona? How many people in #AZ08 even know that over 45,000 absentee ballots have supposedly been cast when they expected no more than 30,000 total to vote in the special election!?

https://www.facebook.com/dilleyforcongress/?hc_ref=ARTKFuRF90RpBC7RC16twmxBG0d6t-O30pQG7XPUSyW-yU1LOAxKQUuG8tJhc2V3uVM&fref=nf

Special Election scheduled for Feb 27th.

[Bonemaker]

Is Holder back in charge?

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The law is the law, but my guess is that the Democrats need more time to create even more fake votes.

[libertylover]

Sounds to me like this lawsuit is justified.

[hsmomx3]

This is the first I have heard of it and I am in AZ.

[Enterprise]

I get the impression that this lawsuit is favorable to the Democrats in the race. Of the 3 Democrats in the race, one was ruled to be disqualified, but the name was still on the ballot, meaning people could vote for a Democrat who was disqualified instead of voting for one of the other two Democrats.

"Twelve Republicans, 3 Democrats and a member of the Green Party filed for candidacy, and the Republican and Green Party ballots remained unchanged.

But a supporter of one of the Democratic candidates, Hiral Tipirneni, filed a legal challenge claiming the two rivals – Brianna Westbrook and Gene Scharer – hadn’t collected enough signatures.

A judge eventually agreed that Scharer did not have the necessary signatures, making the Democratic primary ballot distributed to absentee voters on Jan. 12 incorrect, according to the Justice Department.

[libertylover]

Of the 3 Democrats in the race, one was ruled to be disqualified, but the name was still on the ballot, meaning people could vote for a Democrat who was disqualified instead of voting for one of the other two Democrats.

In the 2016 Republican primary Rand Paul (I think.) dropped out just a few days before the election here in Kentucky. They handed out a paper with the ballot to inform the voters of this and this seems acceptable to me. The part that I thought justified the suit in this case was not having the 45 days for the absentee ballots.

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From what I have heard from Dilley the media is being very quiet about it. I think if makes it easier for them to control who wins.

Dilley sounds like a really good guy. Very conservative and pro-Trump. He wrote a best selling self help book. Check out the Amazon reviews. He says that if he wins that he will keep talking to everyone on social media- even put a Live camera in his office. He is gaining popularity, but the media does not want you to know. Check out his facebook videos.

[hsmomx3]

Thanks for the info!!

[Bubba_Leroy]

[sarcasm] Forget about those uniformed absentee voters. They are just a bunch of military types bitterly clinging to their right to vote while serving oversees. [/sarcasm]

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If you are implying that I don’t want the law enforced then you are wrong. I am just saying that Democrats only want it enforced when it benefits them. And they always need more time to cheat. But yes it is very important that all the military gets to vote.

[Bubba_Leroy]

That wasn’t aimed at you but at the State of Arizona for pushing through a ballot change without bothering to get it to the military absentee voters within the time required by federal law.