Thread by @JenWEsq

As the lead attorney under @GeneralBrnovich who defended SB1260, I support clean rolls. Unfortunately, data now suggests statewide voter database (AVID) procedures coupled with ServiceArizona problems & possible over-reliance on ERIC may be disenfranchising LOTS of voters. 😕
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https://twitter.com/AbrahamHamadeh/status/1637468107441868801

When voters permanently relocate to another state or county and intentionally register to vote in the new jurisdiction, the voter should not be entitled to remain on the previous jurisdictions active voter list.

HOWEVER…
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Our ‘22 provisional voter analysis suggests hundreds of voters were disenfranchised on Election Day when they were systematically reregistered in another county, despite years and even decades of voting from their primary residence.
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Based on interviews, we’ve identified two possible problems:

1) ServiceAZ defaulting to automatically update voter registrations with ANY vehicle update;

2) In-state address forwarding (including temporary changes) that are either provided by NCOA, ERIC, or Melissa.
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Note that the statewide voter registration database (AVID) was just fully deployed in 2020.

It was supposed to help ensure clean rolls in the state, which I applaud!

HOWEVER
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There now appears to be a system error causing people to be unknowingly & unintentionally reregistering voters in counties they don’t permanently intend to reside in.

Notably, temporary address changes do not by operation of law change registrations. 16-101(B).
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While investigations are underway, initial analysis suggests Service Arizona defaults to change your voting registration address with ANY transaction.

> Register your ATV at your mountain property? Address changed.

> Pay for your daughter’s tags? Address changed.
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One voter claims she tried to uncheck the box asking to change her registration, & she couldn’t. She even tried to go back into ServiceAZ after she paid the fees to change her registration back, but despite her best efforts, she was “not registered” on Election Day.
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A 90+ year old disenfranchised voter who spoke with investigators insists all he did was a temporary change of address, something he’s done for 20 years, for a property he rents & doesn’t store vehicles at. He has no recollection of using ServiceAZ (he’s 90, pays by mail).
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Every voter we are talking to went to vote on Election Day & were told they had to vote provisional.

Many, being high-propensity voters, trusted their ballot would eventually count because they voted from their primary residence where they’ve voted for decades.
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Sadly, many are just now learning their vote DID NOT count.

Records show the provisional ballot was rejected.

Most have new registration records at properties they visit in other counties.

One is registered at his daughter’s house after he paid her tags as a gift. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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I talk about this in more detail on Winn Tucson on Friday March 17, 2023 👇🏼
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serve.castfire.com/audio/4101600/…

.@AbrahamHamadeh intends to enfranchise voters who had their voter registrations canceled from primary residences based on erroneous systems & procedures.

We still await a ruling on our Motion for a New Trial.

Once granted, we will #CountValidVotes
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https://twitter.com/JenWEsq/status/1622758727341453312?s=20

@AbrahamHamadeh .@TerriJoNeff reports in today’s @amerdailyindy
arizonadailyindependent.com/2023/03/18/que…

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