With mail-in voting becoming a national issue during the COVID-19 crisis, the Supreme Court could decide to hear a cornerstone election integrity case.

On the line is Arizona’s ban on ballot harvesting.

The state prohibits political operatives and activists from having access to absentee ballots for the purpose of collecting votes.

Arizona is one of 20 states with a law restricting the practice.

Also on the line is Arizona’s in-precinct voting law, which, as in most states, requires voters to cast an in-person vote at a polling place in their local precinct.

“I anticipate that a bunch of states will be interested in joining our case,” Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said.

“If the 9th Circuit decision stands, it could put in jeopardy all kinds of commonsense voter integrity measures. That means laws preventing voter intimidation, laws preventing multiple voting, and laws protecting the secrecy of the ballot,” Brnovich, a Republican first elected in 2014, said.

Ballot harvesting, which allows professional campaign operatives and political activists to have access to absentee ballots and authority to recruit voters, is allowed in 27 states and the District of Columbia.

Ballot harvesting exposes voters to coercion and intimidation in their own homes, without protections normally present at polling places. There is also a significant record showing that legal vote harvesting leads to illegal fraud and intimidation.

Two Senate RATS—Ron Wyden of Oregon and Fat Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota—have proposed a bill that would, among other things, allow nationwide ballot harvesting.

They are promoting the legislation as a means "to allow more voting during the COVID-19 pandemic".






https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/05/07/supreme-court-eyes-ballot-harvesting-case-that-could-affect-election-integrity-across-nation/