The Arizona Supreme Court struck down a proposed ballot initiative that, if approved by voters, would have revoked a handful of election-integrity laws passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature.
The initiative, Proposition 210, had the potential to completely overhaul Arizona's election laws, several of which the state legislature recently passed
Among the proposed changes to Arizona election law were same-day voter registration, a repealing of Arizona's ballot harvesting ban, and voter registration with minimal identification
The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that invalidated the initiative
The decision upholds a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling that rejected the petition and said the initiative fell 1,458 signatures short of the 238,000 required to qualify for the ballot.
Chief Justice Robert Brutinel refused to accept the petition, saying he was unable to determine how Judge Mikitish came to his determination that backers had collected enough valid signatures.
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club applauded the ruling, saying it "vindicates what we knew all along": the radical Free and Fair election initiative lacked enough lawful signatures to qualify for the ballot."
The other side knew it too, and that is why their lawyers tried to get the court to adopt a rigged methodology to calculate the final number of valid signatures that would sneak their disqualified measure onto the ballot
Democrats were not happy about the ruling.
https://conservativebrief.com/az-court-66035/
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