Arizona governor signs law to remove some voters from early voting list

Arizona is getting rid of its permanent early voting list and removing some voters from that list, as a result of the new law signed by Republican Governor Doug Ducey on Tuesday. 

The state Senate passed the bill, SB 1485, earlier in the day. Under the old law, voters on the permanent list automatically received a mail ballot for every election. The new law changes the name of the "permanent early voting list" to "active early voting list" and will remove voters from the list if they do not vote early at least once in a primary, general or municipal election during two consecutive election cycles. Election officials are to send voters a notice that they are going to be removed from the list, and voters will have 90 days to respond if they would like to remain on the list. It does not prevent people from voting in person and the voter remains registered.