Arizona: Raft of election changes OK’d
Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill that will reshape the way Arizona runs its elections.
Her action angered Latinos and Democrats who say that, with one stroke of her pen, the Republican governor wiped out the goodwill of last week’s bipartisan accord on the state budget and Medicaid expansion by enshrining in law practices they view as voter suppression.
Matthew Benson, the governor’s spokesman, defended the legislation as “common sense.” He said concerns that the legislation will disenfranchise voters are overblown.