Grand Canyon Times

The head of American Majority Action said Arizona Republicans are in an “arms race” with Democrats to mobilize to secure votes in the 2024 Presidential election.

"We are in an arms race with the left in regards to generating more ballots among mid-to-low propensity voters and partisan voter registration in battleground states like Arizona," Ned Ryun, founder and CEO of American Majority Action, told the Grand Canyon Times. "It is incumbent upon those who do not consider themselves to be reliable voters to request a ballot, to be on the Permanent Early Voting List and turn themselves into a likely voter.”

The Republican National Committee recently launched a “Swamp the Vote” campaign that it said is designed “to win by more than the margin of fraud by casting your vote and taking responsibility for ensuring every Republican and Trump voter in your household casts theirs, too.”

Former President Donald Trump promoted the campaign in a Truth Social video last week, saying, “whether you vote early, absentee, by mail or in person, we must swamp the radical Democrats with massive turnout.”

Arizona’s status as a battleground state comes after Trump won the state over Hillary Clinton, but received 49.06% to President Biden’s 49.36% in 2020.

A recent League of American voters poll found Trump up four points over Biden, but there is a four percent margin of error in those results that makes the race a dead heat.

In the 2022 midterm elections, only 65% of requested Republican ballots were returned, said Ryun, which he said should be “a wake-up call for Arizona Republicans that spurs renewed efforts to fortify their voter base and reverse these missed opportunities.”

More than half of Arizona's Democrat registered voters are on the state's Active Early Voter List (AEVL), compared with just 46 percent of Republicans, reported the Grand Canyon Times on May 29. 

Ryun said that grassroots outreach programs have been launched in Arizona, especially to Conservative voters, to help bridge the voter turnout gap. These include door-to-door canvassing efforts and digital campaigns.

His comments echo those made by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley at an April party event.

“Over 50% of all voters in the United States, including Republicans and independents, are going to vote before Election Day,” said Whatley, reported the New York Post. “We have to talk to them before they vote. We need to build a national early vote program that is going to communicate through door knocks, through phone calls, through mail, through digital, through data, but we can’t wait till the week before the election.”