The emergency petition to extend Sunday's ballot curing deadline was denied by the state's high court due to lack of evidence of disenfranchisement.

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court declined Sunday to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots, a day after voter rights groups cited reports of delays in vote counting and in notification of voters with problem signatures.

The Arizona Supreme Court denied a request for an emergency petition to extend the deadline to correct mail-in ballots. This petition came from the American Civil Liberties Union, which asked to allow voters with problems on their ballots four days to fix them.

Arizona Supreme Court denies extending mail-in ballot signature curing deadline despite concerns of disenfranchisement.

Voter rights groups have petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with their mail-in ballots.

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The ACLU of Arizona is filing a lawsuit to extend the deadline for curing ballots, especially for voters to respond to problems with their mail-in ballot signatures.

The Arizona Supreme Court declined to extend the state’s deadline for voters to fix problems with their mail ballots after finding no evidence of disenfranchisement. The American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Arizona arm and the Campaign Legal Center raised concerns that thousands of mail ballots won’t be processed until after Sunday’s 5 p.