When the Arizona House on Feb. 28 passed a resolution to place a proposed statute expanding voter identification requirements on November’s ballot, it became the first election integrity measure to qualify for public referendum in 2022. Sponsors of similar citizen-initiated proposed voter ID statutes and constitutional amendments are collecting signatures in four states—Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nevada—but face encroaching deadlines, progressive counter ballot measures, and legal challenges. The certainty of time-consuming, costly litigation convinced sponsors of a California voter ID initiative to delay their effort until 2024. And, Nevada’s prospective constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote has drawn a lawsuit from the Elias Law Group, the Washington, D.C., law firm of Marc Elias, a prominent elections law attorney who works with Democrats. Arizona’s voter ID ballot measure, and the petition drives for similar proposals in four states, are among 14 election integrity proposals in seven states seeking to …
Voter ID Ballot Measures Face Pressing Deadlines, Progressive Counter Initiatives, Lawsuits
March 18, 2022
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2022 electionsabsentee ballotArizonaArizonans For Voter IDballot auditsballot measureCaliforniaCitizens for Voter IDconstitutional amendmentDavid Gibbsmail-in ballotMark EliasMichael ConnelyMichiganMissouriNebraskaPetition drivePolicies & ImpactsPoliticsPromote The VoteReform CaliforniaRegional-Local NewsRepair the VoteScot MussiSecure MI VoteSigal ChattahState voting lawsThe Mind PollutersUSUS Newsvoter IDvoter ID lawsWe The People of Missouri