Tyler Bowyer, an executive for conservative activist group Turning Point Action, revealed on Monday that he received two Maricopa County ballots for former residents of his home. He told The Arizona Sun Times the episode represented “horrible public policy” and “administration of our elections.”
Bowyer posted an image of four ballots to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday night, revealing that only two registered voters live at his address. Voters in Maricopa County, and much of Arizona, are required to use mail-in ballots for the November 7 elections.
“These people haven’t lived in this house for many many years,” wrote Bowyer on X, adding that “we did not receive their ballots in previous elections.” He said, “The only people that could be okay with this don’t take elections seriously.”
Bowyer told The Sun Times, “These voters have clearly not responded to election mail in many years. Now, during an all-mail, forced special election, we have potentially tens of thousands of similar ballots going to bad addresses that could impact these small elections.” He added, “[h]orrible public policy. Horrible administration of our elections.”
In a second post on X, he suggested Arizona should adopt a legal requirement for updating voter registration whenever a home is sold, calling it “common sense” that Republicans missed the opportunity to pursue under former Governor Doug Ducey’s administration.
Look how many ballots came to my house today, @maricopacounty!
— Tyler Bowyer (@tylerbowyer) October 17, 2023
Guess how many voters I have at my house?
2!
These people haven’t lived in this house for many many years. Also, we did not receive their ballots in previous elections.
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