凤凰城地区禁拉票的教堂投票点自2022年以来增加64%
亚利桑那州马里科帕县凤凰城市（Phoenix）地区，越来越多设在教堂的投票点禁止在投票站外拉票。《亚利桑那共和报》10月31日的分析显示，自2022年以来，禁止拉票的投票点数量增长了64%，而投票点总数仅增长14%。
亚利桑那州法律明确允许在投票中心入口75英尺外进行拉票，只有在特定情况下县里才应禁止；但马里科帕县对教堂投票点的高度依赖以及政治紧张加剧，推动了禁令的增加。
凤凰城东南部的 Living Word Ahwatukee 教会多年来一直允许拉票，2020年后因公众误以为教会在选边站队、教会遭到社交媒体抨击而改为禁止；北凤凰城的 Desert View Bible Church 今年首次成为投票点，同样选择禁拉票。县选举副主任 Jennifer Leaver 表示，县里越来越多地转向教堂作为投票点。
分析指出，禁拉票反映了投票权与言论自由之间的拉锯。11月3日选举日，到教堂投票的选民可能会发现站外竞选活动明显减少。
Phoenix-Area Church Voting Sites Banning Electioneering Up 64% Since 2022
PHOENIX, Ariz. — A growing number of church-based voting locations in the Phoenix area are banning electioneering outside their polling places. An Arizona Republic analysis published October 31 found that the number of voting sites prohibiting campaigning has grown 64 percent since 2022, while the total number of voting locations rose only 14 percent.
Arizona law expressly allows electioneering beyond 75 feet from a voting center entrance, and counties are supposed to impose bans only in specific circumstances. But Maricopa County's heavy reliance on churches as voting sites, combined with rising political tension, has driven the increase.
Living Word Ahwatukee church in southeast Phoenix allowed electioneering for years, then banned it after 2020, when the public mistook the activity for the church taking sides and the congregation was attacked on social media. Desert View Bible Church in north Phoenix, serving as a voting site for the first time this year, also chose to prohibit it. County Elections Deputy Director Jennifer Leaver said the county is turning increasingly to churches as voting locations.
The analysis says the bans reflect a tug-of-war between voting rights and free speech. On Election Day, November 3, voters heading to church-based sites may find noticeably less campaigning outside.
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