{"id":2287688,"date":"2024-07-02T06:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T10:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mailing-it-in-fights-brewing-over-voter-registration-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T06:26:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T10:26:52","slug":"mailing-it-in-fights-brewing-over-voter-registration-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mailing-it-in-fights-brewing-over-voter-registration-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailing it in: Fights brewing over voter registration in key swing states &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmailing-it-in-fights-brewing-over-voter-registration-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287688&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the ongoing battles over voter registration rules \u2062in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elise-stefanik-claims-female-voters-see-through-bidens-abject-failure\/\" title=\"Elise Stefanik asserts women voters see past Biden&#039;s &#039;complete failure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing states<\/a> leading<\/a> up to the upcoming presidential election. Activists are still fighting over the rules that will dictate how voters cast their\u200c ballots, especially in states where the results could be close. The article highlights recent legal battles and\u2064 challenges in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, \u200band Pennsylvania regarding voter registration laws and canvassing. Each state is facing unique challenges and controversies surrounding their voter rolls and election procedures.\u2063 The article also touches \u2064on how the upcoming election in\u2063 November is shaping up to be a rematch of the 2020 presidential election, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tens-of-thousands-join-monday-marches-against-lockdown-in-germany\/\" title=\"Tens of Thousands Join Monday Marches Against Lockdown in Germany\">tensions running high<\/a> over voting laws and \u200dregulations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mailing it in: Fights brewing over voter registration in key swing states<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jack-birle\/\">Jack Birle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-02T06:00:00-04:00\">July 2, 2024 6:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1692690\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Four months out from Election Day, activists are still fighting over the rules that will dictate how voters cast their ballots, including in swing states. The parties are preparing for legal battles if the results are close, as they were four years ago. In this series, the <\/em>Washington Examiner<em> will look at the battles over election rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3064762\/swing-state-mail-in-ballot-lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Part one\">Part one<\/a> looked at absentee voting.<\/em> <em>Part two will look at voter registration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voter\">Voter<\/a> registration and canvassing laws are hotly contested any year, but with the presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a> looming, the election rules are coming under increased scrutiny in key swing states.<\/p>\n<p>Recent contentious elections have seen an increase in challenges to voting law. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the 2020 election saw a crescendo in fights over voting laws, including on voter registration and canvassing. As voters across the country get ready to vote in what\u2019s shaping up to be a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in November, these are some of the latest battles in key swing states have fared.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arizona<\/h2>\n<p>In the Grand Canyon State, the fight over a voter registration law has seen setbacks for a GOP-backed bill looking to require proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>A federal court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjzz.org\/2024-05-21\/content-1880547-arizona-republicans-want-block-voters-who-dont-provide-proof-citizenship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"blocked\">blocked<\/a> a provision of a state law, which would mandate proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections in the state, earlier this year, and it recently denied a bid to stay the injunction pending appeal. The court has not blocked the proof of citizenship requirement for state elections.<\/p>\n<p>Another court fight brewing in the state has to do with alleged discrepancies in the voter rolls, leaving them full of ineligible voters. The Arizona Republican Party and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, in a lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3028605\/arizona-gop-files-lawsuit-over-more-than-500000-unaccounted-for-voters-on-the-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed\">filed<\/a> earlier this month, alleged that there are between 500,000 and 1.27 million invalid registrations on the state\u2019s books. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential race in Arizona is expected to be tight in November. President Joe Biden beat former President Donald Trump in 2020, but the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/arizona\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shows\">shows<\/a> Trump leading Biden by 5.6%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Georgia<\/h2>\n<p>In Georgia, election laws since the 2020 elections have made headlines for how state lawmakers have changed election procedure, but a law passed in 2024 adds a new dimension ahead of a critical election in the Peach State.<\/p>\n<p>A bill signed into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/64471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"law\">law<\/a> by Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) in May outlines policies for when a voter should be taken off of the voter rolls. The law says it is probable cause to remove a voter from the rolls if there is evidence of the voter casting a ballot or registering somewhere else, using a nonresidential address, or indicating a primary residence somewhere else. The law stipulated that a voter\u2019s registration may not be removed within 45 days of an election.<\/p>\n<p>Like Arizona, the traditionally Republican state voted for Biden over Trump in 2020, but Trump is currently leading in the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average. The polling average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/georgia\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shows\">shows<\/a> Trump leading Biden by 4%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michigan<\/h2>\n<p>In Michigan, various election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2906425\/how-swing-state-election-laws-have-changed-since-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reforms\">reforms<\/a> have taken place since the 2020 election, but the voter rolls featured in a recent lawsuit brought by the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/republican-national-committee-sues-michigan-states-voter-rolls-rcna143250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed\">filed<\/a> a lawsuit against the state, alleging it had failed to clean its voter rolls adequately in compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. In the lawsuit, the RNC claims that \u201c53 Michigan counties have more active registered voters than they have adult citizens who are over the age of 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit and has defended her record on keeping the voter rolls clean of inactive voters.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Lakes State has been traditionally hard for Republicans to flip in recent presidential elections, although Trump was able to do it in 2016 before losing it to Biden in 2020. Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/michigan\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"leading\">leading<\/a> Biden in the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average by 1.2%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pennsylvania<\/h2>\n<p>In the Keystone State, vote canvassing has faced a challenge in one county due to how it was allegedly carried out in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclupa.org\/en\/press-releases\/aclu-pennsylvania-sues-york-county-over-refusal-allow-observers-during-vote-canvass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed\">filed<\/a> a lawsuit earlier this year challenging the York County Board of Elections for allegedly not permitting nonpartisan observers to watch the vote canvassing process. The group is seeking to have its vote canvassing process changed for the 2024 election to allow observers in the high-stakes race that could decide the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, Trump won in 2016, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to do so since 1988, but failed to repeat the feat in 2020. With just over four months until the 2024 election, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/pennsylvania\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"leads\">leads<\/a> Biden by 3% in the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Given how close the handful of swing states are anticipated to be, election challenges for procedures in battleground states could prove significant for Biden and Trump.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1692690\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1692690\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\">2024 Election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election-lawsuits\/\">Election Lawsuits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-registration\/\">Voter Registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\">Voting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists are still fighting over voter registration rules in key swing states, with legal battles expected if the election results are close. The Washington Examiner is examining the battles over election rules, with a focus on voter registration in part two of the series. Recent elections have seen an increase in challenges to voting laws, particularly in the midst of the pandemic. Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are all facing contentious battles over voter registration laws as the presidential election approaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2287689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/arizona-voting-election-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,3728,5894,32115,6431],"class_list":["post-2287688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-election","tag-politics","tag-swing-states","tag-voter-registration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/arizona-voting-election-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}