NBC 12News Phoenix political reporter Brahm Resnik verified Arizona's voter turnout is one of the lowest in the country. A new report by Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy labels this a voter crisis as too many people elect not to vote.

KTAR News reported that according to a study by Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University, Voter participation is eroding across the U.S. and the situation in Arizona is a crisis.

A new report shows that 45 percent, or just over two million Arizona residents, who could vote didn’t. That puts Arizona at 43rd nationwide in voter participation, with the authors of the report saying that people are making choices in our elections by not voting.

Politico Magazine reported that a new POLITICO/AARP poll shows Democrats ahead by 7 points in generic ballots in both the governor’s and Senate races in Arizona. But to actually win statewide elections in this highly ethnically polarized state, Democrats will need to juice turnout among Latinos, who have tended to vote at lower rates than other voters. And not just in purplish Arizona: All across the U.S.

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PHOENIX - Arizona is experiencing a voter crisis, with nearly half of the voting-eligible population failing to cast a ballot in the last general election, according to a new report by Morrison Institute for Public Policy as part of voter education/engagement project by Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.

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