The court docket mentioned in its order that it did not have unique jurisdiction within the case and declined to listen to the lawsuit.

The court docket additionally didn’t contemplate two different points within the case — whether or not the state’s elections procedures guide ought to embody pointers on verifying voter signatures and whether or not the usage of drop bins for ballots are unconstitutional.

Republicans filed the lawsuit in February, arguing that the Arizona Structure doesn’t enable for mail-in voting or different types of early voting however particularly directs that votes be solid in particular person.

The lawsuit mentioned that “in-person voting on the polls on a set date is the one constitutionally permissible method of voting.”

CNN has reached out to the Arizona Republican Occasion for a touch upon the ruling.

The lawsuit is a component of a bigger effort in Arizona to vary election legal guidelines over continued fallout from the 2020 election. The state has change into floor zero for election deniers and allies of former President Donald Trump allies to push for extra restrictive voting legal guidelines in a battleground state that now-President Joe Biden received by fewer than 11,000 votes in 2020.

For instance, one invoice, which was successfully killed in February by the Republican state Home speaker, would have allowed the state Legislature to reject election outcomes. Final week, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed laws that can require all Arizonans to offer proof of citizenship and residency to register to vote.

Voting Rights advocates celebrated the choice they mentioned would have harmed the greater than 80% of Arizona voters who use the early voting system that has been round for over 30 years.

Eliminating early voting and mail-in voting “unjustly targets voters in underserved communities, the aged, voters with disabilities, and those that reside in rural communities or lack dependable transportation to the polls together with Native Individuals,” mentioned Pinny Sheoran, president-elect of the League of Girls Voters of Arizona.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who was named as a defendant within the lawsuit, additionally applauded the choice.

“At present, the Arizona Supreme Court docket dismissed this harmful lawsuit that threatened early voting within the state. Arizona Voters will nonetheless be capable of vote early, entry drop bins, and make their voices heard,” Hobbs, who’s working for governor this yr, mentioned in a tweet Tuesday.

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