A Yavapai County judge in Arizona has ruled that unmanned ballot drop boxes are legal, rejecting claims that unmonitored drop boxes violate state law. The judge also dismissed a legal challenge to the use of drop boxes and the verification process for ballot signatures.
BREAKING: Along with @PubIntLawCtr and @dechertllp, we've sued Butler County for refusing to count provisional ballots from two voters who forgot to include the secrecy envelope with their mail ballots in last week's primary. We'll keep working to count every vote.
ICYMI: Judge says nothing illegal about untended ballot drop boxes. Also rejects bid seeking to limit what signatures county election officials can use when validating names on early ballot envelopes. https://t.co/g4c3P9WZnM
Those unstaffed ballot drop boxes can stay as judge rejects bid by @azfec to have them declared in violation of state law. https://t.co/g4c3P9WZnM