Arizona Voter Sues to Overturn 2016 Law that Makes it a Crime for Most Individuals to Handle a Voted Mail-in Ballot

On July 3, an Arizona resident filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the 2016 Arizona law that makes it a crime for most individuals to handle a voted, sealed, mail-in ballot. The resident, a member of the Arizona League of Women Voters named Rivko Knox, says she makes it a practice to help individuals in her community to vote, and that before the 2016 law took effect, she would sometimes visit voters and volunteer to deliver their voted, sealed, ballot to a postal pickup box. The case is Knox v Brnovich. It is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Douglas L. Rayes, an Obama appointee.

The 14-page complaint says that the U.S. government’s ancient laws on postal delivery supercede the Arizona law. The complaint argues that only the federal government could ever make it a crime for anyone to drop a piece of mail into a postal delivery receptacle.

The Arizona law makes an exception for family members, caregivers, and household members.


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Arizona Voter Sues to Overturn 2016 Law that Makes it a Crime for Most Individuals to Handle a Voted Mail-in Ballot — 3 Comments

  1. NO State crime ever possible via USA Snail Mail ??? —

    State treason, state murder, state election law crimes – threats/bribery, etc. ???

    More really stupid nonsense.

  2. Just make sure that no one with a Russian accent touches a sealed ballot.

  3. Knox is a Democratic precinct captain. That she was a member of the LWV likely represents an effort to infiltrate the organization.

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