亚利桑那州的一项法案要求缺席投票者列出更多的个人信息，但该法案在2006年以失败告终共和党控制的州周三看房。

亚利桑那州参议院1713号法案要求缺席投票列出一个选民的生日，加上他们的社会安全号码的最后四位数字，一个州颁发的身份证号码或一个选民登记号，但没有通过共和党控制的亚利桑那众议院周三晚上。选民必须填写一份宣誓书，证明他们在选票上填写的所有信息都是正确的。

该法案以29票对31票失败，两名共和党人于2007年加入了整个民主党核心小组投票反对。

罗宾·贝克/法新社，通过盖蒂图像，文件

2020年10月16日，在凤凰城的一个提前投票的地方，人们排队等候邮寄选票。

民主党人认为，该法案将对各县造成不必要的压力，特别是那些税基较小的县，因为它们管理选举。

民主党众议员雅典娜·萨尔曼说:“目前在这个过程中，在亚利桑那州最大的县，一次投票需要528小时才能撕开信封的封口。”“因此，1713年的影响现在需要520个小时的撕扯——一秒钟一次投票，我们的现状——它将增加2500人。那是2500小时，花费超过35000美元。”

她还说，新规定可能会阻止亚利桑那州的一些选民使用缺席投票——那里80%以上的选民通过邮件投票——因为担心他们的个人信息被泄露。

萨尔曼说:“我们还收到了保险公司的通知，通过把这些信息——把你的社会安全号码的最后四位数字、你的生日和你的签名放在选票信封里——这是一个身份窃贼的梦想成真了。”“这损害了选民的身份，并使他们暴露在风险中，他们的身份可能会在以后被窃取。”

民主党众议员茉莉·黑水-尼格伦(Jasmine黑水-Nygren)在会上表示，由于部落选民的出生日期存在差异，该法案也可能伤害他们。

黑水-尼格伦说:“这项法案将对我们的部落长者产生不成比例的影响，他们不是在医院出生，也没有准确的出生日期。”

该法案自3月初以来一直没有讨论过，当时参议院通过了该法案，并将其提交众议院审议。

共和党人目前正在为在未来几天内通过预算而争论不休，并正在努力通过修正案将一些与选举和投票相关的法案纳入支出计划。然而，共和党多数派正努力让所有成员都支持预算提案，原因包括对新提议的税收计划感到失望。

罗斯·富兰克林/美联社档案

亚利桑那州的国务卿凯蒂·霍布斯在向国会议员发表演讲时摘下了她的面罩

周二，参议院和众议院拨款委员会都通过了预算修正案的一部分，该修正案将剥夺民主党国务卿凯蒂·霍布斯在与选举有关的诉讼中为亚利桑那州辩护的能力。

该修正案将把这一权力完全授予司法部长，尽管这一条款的有效期要到2023年1月，届时国务卿的新任期将开始。

此前，霍布斯去年向亚利桑那州律师协会投诉共和党司法部长马克·布诺维奇，此前他曾多次与选举有关的分歧。

霍布斯在一份声明中说，立法修正案背后的动机是明确的。

“一年来，我们的立法机关一直在努力破坏我们的选举——从一波使投票更加困难的法案，到在体育馆进行的荒谬的‘审计’。霍布斯说:“他们的下一步似乎是试图削弱亚利桑那州的首席选举官，阻止我做亚利桑那州选民选举我做的工作。”“立法机构挑出我和我的办公室进行这些不合理的限制——这些限制将在我任期结束时到期——这一事实清楚地表明了这到底是什么:党派政治。”

马特·约克/美联社，档案

2021年2月18日，州代表聚集在凤凰城的国会大厦。

参议院已经通过了一项法案，如果选民在连续两个选举周期中至少一次没有使用该法案，他们将被从该州的永久提前投票名单中删除。共和党州长道格·杜西在该法案通过后不久签署了该法案。

民主党人警告说，在会议正式结束之前，SB1713可能不会完全死亡，但他们称今天的结果是胜利。

Arizona voting bill fails in the House, with 2 Republicans crossing party lines

An Arizona state bill that would have required absentee ballots list more personal information failed in theRepublican-controlled stateHouse on Wednesday.

Arizona state Senate Bill 1713 would have required absentee ballots to list a voter's birthday, plus either the last four digits of their Social Security numbers, a state-issued identification number or a voter registration number, failed in theGOP-controlledArizona House Wednesday night. Voters would have had to fill out an affidavit that all the information they put down on their ballot is correct.

The bill failed on a 29-31 vote, with two Republicans joining the entire Democratic caucus invoting against it.

Democrats argued that the bill would put an unnecessary strain on counties, especially ones with smaller tax bases, as they administered elections.

"Currently in the process, in Arizona's largest county, it is 528 hours of ripping the flap of the envelope, at one second a ballot," Democratic Rep. Athena Salman said. "So the impact of 1713 would take that 520 hours right now of ripping -- one second a ballot, the status quo that we have -- and it would add an additional 2,500. That's 2,500 hours, costing over $35,000."

She also said the new provision may deter some voters in Arizona from using absentee ballots -- where over 80% of voters cast their ballots by mail -- due to fears over having their personal information compromised.

"We also have received notice from insurance companies that by putting this information -- by putting your last four digits of your Social Security number, and your birthday, and your signature in the ballot envelope -- it is an identity thief's dream come true," Salman said. "It compromises the identity of the voter and opens it up and exposes them to risk, in which their identity can be stolen later on down the road."

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren said on the floor the bill could hurt tribal voters, as well, due to discrepancies over their birthdates.

"This bill will disproportionately impact our tribal elders who weren't born in the hospital and don't have an accurate birth date across all of their records," Blackwater- Nygren said.

The bill hadn't been discussed since early March, when the Senate passed it and it was sent to the House for consideration.

Republicans are currently wrangling to get a budget passed over the next few days -- and are working to incorporate some election and voting-related bills into the spending plan through amendments. The GOP majority is struggling, however, to get all of its members on board with the budget proposal for reasons including frustration about the new proposed tax plan.

On Tuesday, both the Senate and House appropriations committees passed a part of a budget amendment which would strip Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' ability to defend Arizona in litigation related to elections.

The amendment would give the power exclusively to the attorney general, though the provision would only be in effect until January 2023, when a new term for the secretary of state's office begins.

The move comes after Hobbs last year filed complaints with the State Bar of Arizona against Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich, following a history of many election-related disagreements.

Hobbs said in a statement that the motivation behind the legislative amendment was clear.

"All year, our legislature has worked to undermine our elections -- from a wave of bills to make it harder to vote to the ridiculous 'audit' taking place at the Coliseum. It appears their next step is an attempt to undermine Arizona's Chief Election Officer and prevent me from doing the job Arizona voters elected me to do," Hobbs said. "The fact that the legislature has singled out me and my Office for these unjustifiable restrictions -- restrictions which expire at the end of my term -- make it clear what this is really about: partisan politics."

The Senate already passed a bill which would remove voters from the state's permanent early voting list if they did not use it at least once in two consecutive election cycles. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed the bill shortly after it was passed.

Democrats warn that SB1713 may not be completely dead until the session officially wraps, but they called the result today a win.