Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says he’s opposed to a Republican-backed bill that would move up the deadline for voters to drop off their early ballots at polling places.
Republicans approved the measure last week. It would give voters until 7 p.m. the Friday before Election Day to drop off ballots, rather than allowing voters to return ballots through election day under the current model.
Fontes, a Democrat, disapproves of the change.
“I don’t see why we should be changing them just because networks can’t make their call on election night. That’s the apparent red herring in this whole thing, and if you’re limiting Arizonans’ ability to vote, I’m going to fight against it," he said.
Fontes says he supports Gov. Katie Hobbs, who has indicated she’ll veto the bill.
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