Responding to concerns raised by the U.S. Justice Department about aspects of a controversial election review, the leader of Arizona’s state Senate says plans to go door-to-door asking residents about their voting history are “indefinitely” on hold.
The decision, which had not previously been announced, follows a letter sent to state Senate President Karen Fann from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Pamela Karlan, the principal deputy assistant attorney general with the division, wrote Wednesday that plans to canvass voters asking for information about their voter registration and voting records, as outlined in a contract detailing the scope of the Senate’s review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, could violate federal laws barring voter intimidation.
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