evidence: Nine proposals in seven statesfootnote4_S32Xw38cVVGKnuMR-rrC66B2k57BNfzTb73E6ZW71II_vYI2mOf2Lbg94AZ, CT, NJ, NY, OK, PA, WA. would restrict election officials’ ability to send absentee ballots to voters without a specific request. Arizona’s proposal (HB 2792) would make it a felony to affirmatively send an absentee ballot to anyone not on the permanent early voter list. Oklahoma’s bill proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to prohibit delivery of an absentee ballot to anyone who has not submitted an application notarized or signed by two witnesses (OK SJR 25). [...] - Witness signatures: Four statesfootnote7_ilDL1xvZ5hVoWrT5-FAYJZULzmzYSBAFDJrM1ZIXBk_zZ1mEyNF9KsQ7AK, AZ, SC, VA. have introduced legislation to make it harder to satisfy existing witness requirements. Arizona’s bill would also require all mail ballots to be notarized. South Carolina’s bill would require a witness to include their driver’s license or state voter registration number, and two Virginia bills would ask witnesses to print their name and provide their residential address. The Alaska proposal states that if a court invalidates the witness signature requirement because of a state of emergency, the requirement goes back into effect after the emergency declaration expires (AK SB 39). Minnesota’s bill (MN HF 293) would impose a new witness requirement. As noted above, an Oklahoma bill seeks to mandate a nationwide witness and notary requirement.