Fact: Prior to this bill’s passage, Arizona was one of only a handful of states that did not have a specific law on who can handle or return a ballot. In fact, when speaking to legislators from other states, whether red, blue, or purple, I found the practice of mass collection of ballots is unheard of.

One man turning in 4,000 ballots? That doesn’t really happen, does it? Surprisingly, yes. This fact was stated in testimony before my Senate Elections committee.

Regarding the ability of county elections officials to remove someone from the permanent early-voting list — every other state that has early balloting has a way for the county recorders to keep their lists clean and up to date.

Fact: Voters move and some voters have passed away. Many people are on the early-voting list, but choose to vote at the polls instead. How in the world can the voter lists be kept clean without the ability to update them as necessary?