After an Arizona voter posted a photo showing she received two mail ballots from Maricopa County, a local elections offi
Election workers sort early ballots for signature verification prior to tabulation inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Phoenix. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said a voter received two mail ballots because she changed the address of her voter registration on the last day. However, Richer said only one ballot will be counted.cial debunked any inference that something sinister occurred.
"As soon as the ‘02’ one goes out, the ‘01’ packet is dead," Richer wrote."Meaning even if you sent it back, it wouldn't proceed to signature verification, and it wouldn't be opened. That's how we prevent people from voting twice. So just use the one with your new address ending in ‘02’ -— that's the only one that will work."Feb.
"It's not unusual for such voters to have already been mailed a ballot, and for the elections official to mail them a second ballot that reflects the races/contests appropriate for their new residence," Smith Warner said. Of course, another way that double voting can occur is if a voter casts a mail ballot in two states in the same election. But that’s a crime.Email interview, JP Martin, spokesperson for Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Feb. 29, 2024
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