Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-10 06:47:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DF44E13C142135032AF342E4C5532CBC569FD1E9B5EA94A49CE655DF4A486E7B
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Original Note:
Arizona already has paper ballots. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/SB1338P.htm#:~:text=Provide%20a%20durable,audits%20and%20recounts https://azmirror.com/briefs/arizonas-polling-infrastructure-is-all-paper-ballots-even-for-those-with-disabilities/#:~:text=Arizona%20is%20one%20of%2020%20states%20where%20every%20single%20polling%20place%20has%20both%20hand%2Dmarked%20paper%20ballots%20and%20ballot%2Dmarking%20devices%20for%20people%20with%20a%20disability https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_methods_and_equipment_by_state#:~:text=Arizona https://x.com/stephen_richer/status/1844229580531597436 Election night results are always unofficial. The media only calls those results when one candidate blows out another. https://apnews.com/article/associated-press-decision-desk-race-call-5e423d3b75a4cd35e69b7d9645d3fa89#:~:text=The%20AP%E2%80%99s%20standard%20is%20to%20call%20a%20race%20whenever%20we%20are%20100%25%20certain%20there%20is%20no%20path%20for%20the%20trailing%20candidate%20to%20overtake%20the%20leading%20candidate%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Anna%20Johnson%2C%20the%20news%20agency%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20bureau%20chief https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/its-normal-not-to-know-the-official-results-on-election-night-heres-why#:~:text=In%20reality%2C%20however%2C%20results%20released%20on%20election%20night%20are%20unofficial%20and%20always%20incomplete.%20They%C2%A0inevitably%20change%C2%A0as%20more%20ballots%20are%20counted https://azmirror.com/2022/11/14/republicans-are-falsely-claiming-that-arizona-used-to-know-final-election-results-on-election-day/#:~:text=Records%20from%20Maricopa,days%2C%20in%202002 https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/how-media-outlets-call-races-from-unofficial-election-results/#:~:text=All%20election%20night%20results%20are%20unofficial%20and%20subject%20to%20change.%20In%20the%20days%20after%20the%20election%2C%20local%20election%20officials%20%E2%80%9Ccanvass%2C%E2%80%9D%20or%20double%20check%2C%20results%20and%20make%20any%20needed%20corrections%20to%20the%20unofficial%20totals.%20Those%20results%20are%20then%20certified%20by%20the%20relevant%20authoritative%20body%20in%20the%20state https://keystonenewsroom.com/voterhub-2024/not-knowing-the-winner-on-election-night-is-perfectly-normal/ No-excuse absentee voting has been legal in Arizona since HB 2392 passed in 1992. https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/2983 https://azmirror.com/2022/06/13/republicans-helped-arizona-champion-voting-by-mail-now-they-want-it-gone/ https://azmirror.com/briefs/arizona-has-permitted-all-mail-elections-for-30-years/
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