The Arizona Republican Party has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove absentee voting and no-excuse mail-in voting in the state. In the suit filed on Friday, the political party argued that “in-person voting at the polls on a fixed date (election day) is the only constitutional manner of voting in Arizona.” In the petition to the court (pdf), attorneys noted a provision in the state Constitution, which says that official ballots are to be provided “at the next regular general election” in “such manner that the electors may express at the polls their approval or disapproval of [a] measure.” The attorneys argued that “at the polls” means ballots must be cast at in-person polling places. “Stated simply, Arizona’s ‘early voting’ statutes—which provide for ‘absentee’ or ‘no-excuse mail-in’ voting—violate the Arizona Constitution, in whole or in part,” the petition reads. Arizona’s early voting statutes should be struck down, Republicans told the court. …