FICHA INFORMATIVA El COVID-19 resalta la necesidad de reforma electoral en Arizona

The document highlights the intersection of public health disparities and electoral access in Arizona, arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for voting reforms. It identifies systemic health inequities affecting Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities and links these to a lack of adequate political representation. To improve the 2020 election, the Union of Concerned Scientists recommends implementing automatic and same-day registration, expanding voting centers in rural and tribal lands, and improving the verification and tracking of mail-in ballots.

• Arizona has a strong history of mail-in voting, with 68% of voters using this method in the 2016 presidential election, and projections suggested approximately 80% would do so in November 2020.
• Significant health disparities exist in Arizona, particularly for Indigenous people, who make up less than 5% of the population but account for 16% of COVID-19 deaths where race and ethnicity are known.
• The document links environmental injustice and health disparities—such as disproportionate impacts of summer heat and mining-related water pollution in disadvantaged communities—to the fact that voters are not accurately represented in the state legislature.
• To increase voter turnout and safety, the Union of Concerned Scientists recommends facilitating automatic and same-day registration, establishing voting centers in rural and tribal areas at least two weeks before the election, and providing prepaid self-adhesive envelopes for mail-in ballots.
• Arizona lacks several recommended electoral safeguards, including automatic voter registration, same-day registration, and regulatory ballot tracking.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2020). FICHA INFORMATIVA El COVID-19 resalta la necesidad de reforma electoral en Arizona. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/covid-19-voting-reform-az-spanish.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. FICHA INFORMATIVA El COVID-19 resalta la necesidad de reforma electoral en Arizona. 2020. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/covid-19-voting-reform-az-spanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2020ficha, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{FICHA INFORMATIVA El COVID-19 resalta la necesidad de reforma electoral en Arizona}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2020}, month = jul, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/covid-19-voting-reform-az-spanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }