Pinal County ruling could affect how many ballots are rejected in Arizona's November election
A Pinal County judge is set to decide a case Friday that could affect the number of ballots rejected in the county during this year’s presidential election.
The judge heard arguments Thursday in a dispute between Pinal officials and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ office over a new rule he added to the state’s Election Procedures Manual involving how the county should respond when a voter shows up to vote at the wrong location.
Fontes’ office sued Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis and the county supervisors after learning that the county doesn’t plan to follow the rule.
At an emergency hearing in Pinal County Superior Court, the lawyer representing Fontes’ office, Assistant Attorney General Kara Karlson, told the judge that the rule was meant to protect voters from having their ballots rejected in Pinal County for a reason that couldn’t be cause for rejection elsewhere in the state.
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