Arizona GOP sues to limit mail-in ballots in Senate race

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PHOENIX — Republicans filed a lawsuit Wednesday night to challenge the way some Arizona counties count mail-in ballots as election officials began to slowly tally more than 600,000 outstanding votes in the narrow U.S. Senate race — a task that could take days.

Republican Rep. Martha McSally and Democratic Rep. Kyrstin Sinema were separated by a small fraction of the 1.7 million tabulated votes.

About 75 percent of Arizona voters cast ballots by mail, but those ballots have to go through the laborious signature confirmation process, and only then can be opened and tabulated. If county recorders have issues verifying signatures they are allowed to ask voters to verify their identity.

The suit filed Wednesday by four county Republican parties alleges that the state's 15 county recorders don't follow a uniform standard for allowing voters to adjust problems with their mail-in ballots, and that two counties improperly allow those fixes after Election Day...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/arizona-gop-sues-limit-mail-ballots-senate-race-n933866

[W_HAMILTON]

1. What is going on with this race?

I thought they were supposed to give updated numbers today?

[sweetloukillbot]

2. 5 pm AZ time nt

[W_HAMILTON]

3. Thank you!

Do you think that will pretty much be the "final" count or are there still going to be votes that need to be counted?

[Mosby]

4. it could go on for a week or more.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10385553