Grand Canyon Times

Arizona, whose election process came under scrutiny after the 2020 presidential election when Joe Biden carried the state by less than 11,000 votes, is weighing several bills that lawmakers hope will put an end to all talk of voter fraud. 

Arizona House Bill 2793 will make it illegal for state workers to register people to vote unless they expressly request it, while House Bill 2811 seeks to prohibit voter registration on Election Day.

According to a Heritage Foundation report, same-day voter registration makes it easier to commit fraud because election officials have no time to verify the accuracy of voter registration information and cannot anticipate the number of voters, ballots and precinct workers that will be needed.

Numerous studies have found no indication of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 elections.

Department of Motor Vehicles officials in California, a state that has implemented automatic voter registration, found more than 100,000 registration errors in the first year that included the illegal registration of at least one non-U.S. citizen as well as the registrations of legal citizens but under the wrong parties, according to research from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Supporters of automatic voter registration praise its ability to increase voter rolls. Seventeen other states and the District of Columbia have followed Oregon with their own versions of the policy, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. While enthusiasm for automatic voter registration seems to be building, the struggles in California have given some leverage to critics.