• Purging thousands legitimate voters from the rolls because their names are similar to those of convicted felons
  
• Deliberately designing ballots to be confusing to voters
  
• Trumping up flimsy rationales for rejecting voter registrations (weight of paper not quite right)
  
• Reducing the number of voting machines in low-income urban areas, thereby ensuring hours-long waits at the polls
  
• Allowing county elections officials to run their offices as arms of party machines
  

How can Arizonans ensure that our Secretaries of State place elections integrity and voters' rights ahead of partisan political agendas? Election Integrity activist Cathy Kladis conducted a review of the laws governing the Arizona Secretary of State's office and identified weaknesses--places where a partisan Secretary of State could cause mischief. Arizonans interested in proposing and working on changes to ensure that all voters can trust that Arizona's elections are being run with the utmost integrity and security are invited to join AzAN in this project. Below you can download a copy of the Powerpoint we presented at the April 2008 forum. You will also find useful materials and links from allied organizations working on this issue. Click here to see Fair Votes' list of "Eight Reforms We Need."