Read our weekly RTS alert for the 2024 Legislative Session. This week we are looking at a voting bill! We oppose HB 2547.

Reminder: The ELCA is developing a social statement on civic life and faith, the relationship of church and state, and related matters. The feedback period will be open until Sept. 30, 2024.

Did you know that Arizona Independents are not able to vote in the Presidential Preference Election?

Read about our tour of the Maricopa County Election Office!

As you vote early or make your plan to vote, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton offers this message in advance of Election Day. Thank you for making informed and faithful decisions for your community, and congratulations to the first-time voters!

Updated March 2024. This 6-pg resource is provided to assist congregations in this time surrounding a national election. The readings, prayers, and assembly song suggestions could be used in settings such as prayer vigils, as part of Morning or Evening Prayer, as part of regular weekly worship in the weeks preceding or following an election, or devotions at home or in other settings.

Need help deciding? Civic Engagement Beyond Voting, an Indivisible group, is a grassroots nonpartisan organization that works to empower Arizona’s citizens to exercise their voices at the state level. They are the only Indivisible group in Arizona that is wholly focused on the state legislature.

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s comments from 2020 on the work Lutherans are called to do around civic engagement and voting are still very relevant today.

Check the date your ballot was sent to you, the date the ballot was returned and received by the County Recorder, and whether your ballot was accepted and signature verified.

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Celebrate the day by registering to vote! Already registered? Text 3 friends a reminder that registering to vote online takes just a few minutes. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay

Know your ballot measures! Voters will have 10 ballot measures to decide, including Proposition 131, which would create the office of lieutenant governor in Arizona.

BEFORE YOU VOTE: Know your Arizona Voting Laws ~ The Basics, Registration Rules, and Key ID Requirement Sources.

An important part of faithful civic engagement is abiding by the law: any participation by congregations in activities related to the electoral process must be strictly nonpartisan and abide by IRS guidelines. This guidance for churches and clergy can help!

The Arizona primary is here! We encourage you to participate in the process of democracy by voting in this primary if you are able to vote.

Voting has begun for Midterm elections! Vote on or before August 2. Here are some steps to ensure your voting process goes smoothly.

Arizona will hold its primary election Aug. 2, along with the states of Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington. ALL Arizona voters can vote in the primary, regardless of party affiliation.

An update on the voter integrity bills we tracked through the 2022 legislative session. The bill tracker and analysis on civic engagement and voter integrity is courtesy of Arizona Faith Network and their team of legislative analysts.

We are called to conversation and prayer around our role as U.S. residents and as people of faith in ensuring our election systems promote dignity and respect for all. We are called to act by speaking out as advocates and engaging in local efforts to guarantee the right to vote to all citizens.