State Sen. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) introduced legislation in the Arizona Legislature that would place Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at polling locations. Hoffman proposed a strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill (SB) 1570, an original bill from him banning DEI, “to provide for a federal immigration law enforcement presence at each location within this state where ballots are cast or deposited.”
“Arizonans deserve to know that election laws are not just written in statute but actually enforced in practice,” said Hoffman in a press release from the Arizona Senate Republicans. “For too long, confusion, inconsistency, and a lack of visible accountability have fueled doubts about how elections are administered.”
Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff), Chair of the Senate Judiciary & Elections Committee, added, “Elections should never be surrounded by uncertainty or last-minute disputes that put voters and election workers in difficult positions. Our responsibility is to make sure clear procedures are in place before ballots are cast, not after problems arise.”
They cited a recent Pew Research Center survey which found that 89% of voters say stopping ineligible voting is important.
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