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May 21, 2021, 6:30AM MST

Stephen Richer prefers boring, takes on Trump

[caption id="attachment_249370" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer speaks at a press conference May 17 to defend his staff against “defamatory lies” spread as the Arizona Senate conducts its audit of the 2020 election. PHOTO SCREENSHOT[/caption] There’s a lot of unintentional irony surroun[...]

Nov 18, 2024, 8:30AM MST

Lake, Richer settle defamation suit

Stephen Richer has settled his defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake. The agreement comes eight months after Lake conceded in legal papers she had, in fact, made false statements about the Maricopa County recorder and the way he conducted the 2022 gubernatorial race that she lost to Katie Hobbs. [caption id="attachment_253804" a[...]

Nov 1, 2024, 1:01PM MST

Matt Salmon: Unbridled and seeking to return Republicans to their roots

Eight years after his congressional career ended, former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon has become one of the state’s most vocal critics of the Republican party. Salmon, with the help of other conservatives like Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, former state Sen. Paul Boyer and Maricopa County Supervisors Clint Hickman and Bill Gat[...]

Oct 22, 2024, 8:04AM MST

Political Threats and Violence Cannot Be Ignored

As a former elected official who has faced death threats and survived the January 8th shooting in Tucson, Arizona, I have a unique perspective on the alarming rise of political violence in America. This issue, once a rare and shocking occurrence, has become disturbingly common in recent years. The threats and attacks against individu[...]

Oct 1, 2024, 6:05PM MST

Number of voters impacted registration error more than doubles

And now there are about 218,000. That's the number of people that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says are registered to vote but never provided the proof of citizenship legally required under a 2004 Arizona law. A week ago it was 97,928. But, for the moment, it still doesn't matter. Fontes says the Arizona Supreme Court or[...]

Sep 17, 2024, 11:26AM MST

Arizona Supreme Court asked to address nearly 100,000 voters made ineligible by 2005 law

PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether close to 100,000 registered voters can cast a ballot in upcoming state and local elections. A pair of lawsuits being filed today ask the justices to decide how the state and counties must deal with the fact that there is no evidence that close to 2.5% of all vo[...]

Sep 4, 2024, 3:31PM MST

Groups sue officials to remove illegal voters from rolls

Unhappy with the response to its queries about possible illegal voters, an Arizona group that has claimed election irregularity in the state is now suing all 15 county recorders, accusing them of failing to do their jobs to ensure that only citizens are voting. The new filing Sept. 4 by Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona con[...]

Aug 26, 2024, 2:23PM MST

Democrat running as ‘firewall’ in county recorder race

When Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer lost his re-election bid in the Republican primary on July 30, many in Arizona were surprised. But the Democrat running to replace him was not. Tim Stringham, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for recorder, stayed mostly in the background while three Republicans duked it out[...]

Aug 9, 2024, 4:30AM MST

Court keeps names of low-level election workers secret

Members of the public aren't entitled to know the names of election workers who review the signatures on ballot envelopes, a judge ruled Thursday. We The People, an organization that has aligned itself with Kari Lake, had sought the information from Maricopa County since January 2020. The group said it wanted to conduct further in[...]

May 17, 2024, 2:32PM MST

Court dirt could become mud to sling in Senate campaigns

With ad blitzes impending and court dates orbiting closer to key election dates, court proceedings revolving around senate candidates Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego stand to reveal information that could be readily leveraged for attack. Lake defaulted in a defamation lawsuit brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer over the t[...]

Apr 19, 2024, 12:22PM MST

Attorney points to Richer’s fundraising as proof Lake did no harm

Kari Lake is advancing a new legal theory why she doesn't owe anything to Stephen Richer for the defamatory statements she made about his handling of elections: His 2024 bid for a new term as Maricopa County recorder is doing just fine financially despite all that. Attorney Tim La Sota, who is representing her in the defamation case[...]

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