Navajo Nation voters file lawsuit to force Arizona to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Electi
Several Navajo Nation citizens with concerns about the U. S. Postal Service are asking a court to ensure their ballots will still be counted in Arizona even if delivered late.
The group filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the state’s current law, which says election officials cannot count mail-in ballots received after election night.
The lawsuit contends that mail service is so much slower and less accessible for many Arizonans living on reservations that the existing deadline will disenfranchise some voters even as they put their ballots in the mail well in advance of the state's deadline.
The group wants a federal judge to require Arizona election officials to count ballots delivered up to 10 days after Election Day as long as the ballots come from tribal members living on reservations and are postmarked on or before the day of the election.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/08/26/navajo-voters-file-suit-force-count-mail-ballots-arrive-late/5640034002/
