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From Arizona Daily Independent

Governor Doug Ducey notified Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Mark Brnovich that he will not take any action on the 2021 Election Procedures Manual due to lack of agreement between Hobbs and Brnovich. In a letter to the officials, the Governor’s attorney suggests the Legislature should address areas identified by the Attorney General’s Office.

 

The lack of an approved 2021 EPM is already creating questions for campaign operatives who are wondering if they need to be following the 2019 Manual and whether anything the Legislature does will be effective in time for the primary election scheduled for August 2nd.

“Democrats aren’t going to support election integrity efforts which means any fixes are going to take every elected Republican agreeing, and even then the laws won’t be effective until 90 days after the end of the session, so how will that work if ballots are going out July 4th?” asked one operative, who also wondered how the various county election officials would be able to handle late changes to procedures between the primary and general elections.