A bill being passed through Congress proposes to allow Arizona election officials to conduct 100% hand counts of ballots cast in elections.

Republican Rep. Gail Griffin is the primary sponsor of the bill. The measure gives the county official in charge of the election, the county registrar, or another official designated by the county board of oversight the authority to fully count the ballots cast in the election.

inside Senate Electoral Committee meeting In March, Rep. Griffin said she believed Arizona law already allowed 100% of election ballots to be manually counted, and that she believed the bill’s purpose was to further clarify the language. I’m here.

At a committee meeting on March 27, Rep. Griffin said: “We feel they have the authority to do it now, but just clarify who can do it.

but, Arizona law There is only a requirement to audit at least two percent of the districts in the county, or two districts, whichever is greater. These ballots are to be randomly selected from a pool made up of all constituencies in that county.

House Minority Rep. Marcelino Quinones said, “House Bill 2722 will disrupt our electoral system. It just furthers the unproven conspiracy that Arizona has proven time and time again that our elections are accurate and safe…

“I think this is the solution to a non-existent problem,” Quinones continued.

The bill has passed the House and is awaiting a vote in the Senate.

Griffin represents District 19, which includes Cochise, Graham, Santa Cruz and Greenlee counties.