NEW: GOP AZ Senate Prez Stands Against ACLU Lawsuit Seeking to Extend 2024

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You can’t make it up. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit with the Arizona Supreme Court, seeking to get an extension of the ballot cure deadline for votes in the 2024 election–a move, if allowed, that would slow down the state’s process even more:

BREAKING: ALCU and Campaign Legal Center just petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court asking to extend the deadline for voters to respond to problems with their mail ballot signatures, because of delays counting ballots & notifying voters.

UPDATE, with link: https://t.co/qLYpE8kcWe pic.twitter.com/rKKrZkUduv

— Jen Fifield (@JenAFifield) November 9, 2024

The Arizona ACLU explained its rationale in a thread on its X account:

If counts continue past the Nov. 10 deadline, some voters may not receive notice about their curable error in time to correct it. We joined dozens of organizations in a statement declaring our support for an extension to protect the right to vote. [2/3]https://t.co/gpDFf2EdCl

— ACLU of Arizona (@ACLUaz) November 9, 2024

The filing is here.

On Saturday, Sasha Hupka, the elections reporter for the Arizona Republic wrote on X that the GOP Arizona state Senate president, Warren Petersen “says he will intervene in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Campaign Legal Center this morning.” The suit “asks the Arizona Supreme Court to consider extending the five-day ballot cure deadline,” she added.

Here’s Petersen’s statement, in which he stands against the left’s attempt to drag things out in the Copper state–and provides hope for meaningful change in how AZ conducts elections via legislation in the next session:

The left is suing to extend the time to determine the election. I just authorized the AZ Senate to intervene and defend existing law so we can determine the outcome as soon as possible. It has already taken too much time! And next session will re-introduce bills to get…

— Warren Petersen (@votewarren) November 9, 2024

It reads:

The left is suing to extend the time to determine the election. I just authorized the AZ Senate to intervene and defend existing law so we can determine the outcome as soon as possible. It has already taken too much time! And next session will re-introduce bills to get election results, night of.

As this is a developing story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.