Election experts discuss restoring trust in Arizona elections

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Arizona Democracy Defense Project board members, the Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory at ASU and the Center for the Future of Arizona came together to emphasize the importance of trusting elections.

Election experts traveled across Arizona to examine election processes, solutions and reforms. Recent polling data from the project shows Arizona voters prefer the state’s mail-in early voting systems. In addition to the mail-in voting, voters look for accuracy in election results rather than speed.

Panelists explained to the audience that attempting to hand count millions of ballots naturally causes more human error than machine tabulation.

Former Arizona Representative Matt Salmon (R) joined “Arizona Horizon” to provide more information about the project’s goal.

Matt Salmon (R), Former Arizona Representative

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