The Democratic party’s lawsuit,alleging the suppression of minority voters, spotlights truths that have long been fraction of the state’s political landscapeFor years, or get-out-the-vote organizers in Arizona have been knocking on supporters’ doors in the days before an election and offering to catch their sealed absentee ballots to the nearest polling station so they arrive in time to be counted.
In the sprawling urban jungle that is Phoenix,the state’s major population middle, many poorer voters without a car struggle to get to the polls and are grateful for the assist. For some down-ballot races – when teachers and parents are out lobbying for a bond or special tax to assist local schools, and say – it’s common for voters to place their completed ballots in a box on their street and for an organizer to pick up and deliver them.
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Source: theguardian.com