13 elections overhaul by Republicans that left voter-rights groups incensed and led to a petition drive that put the law on hold and referred it to voters. The bill repealed a sweeping elections overhaul that Republicans passed in the final hours of the 2013 legislative session, angering Democrats, some conservative Republicans and third-party candidates. They came together to collect more than 146,000 signatures to place the law on hold and put it on the November ballot. Repealing the law cancels the voter referendum. Brewer issued no statement regarding her action. Both houses of the legislature approved the bill along party lines earlier this month.
The 2013 election law was cobbled together from several GOP bills on the final day of the legislative session last year and passed without a single Democratic vote.
The measure trimmed Arizona’s permanent early voting list, removing infrequent voters from a list of those allowed to vote by mail. It also made it a crime for voter-outreach groups to turn in ballots, and made it harder for third-party candidates and voter initiatives to get on the ballot.
Full Article: Brewer signs bill repealing elections overhaul that angered many and led to voter referendum (2/27/14 4:52 pm).