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Dec 19, 2016, 4:20AM MST

Adrian Fontes: Maricopa County Recorder-elect, a win for Democrats

Adrian Fontes is a first-time politician who unseated 28-year incumbent Helen Purcell by a razor thin margin in the November election. He’s the first Democrat to hold any countywide office in decades. A native of Nogales, Arizona, he’s also the first Latino to ever hold any countywide office. Fontes is a former prosecut[...]

Nov 19, 2024, 3:39PM MST

Dem losses lead Fontes to weigh primary challenge for Hobbs in 2026

The losses Democrats suffered at the Arizona Legislature this election have at least one elected official exploring whether he'd be better at the top of the ticket in 2026 than incumbent Katie Hobbs. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told The Arizona Republic he will be "seriously considering every option'' when his current term is[...]

Nov 4, 2024, 5:51PM MST

Court orders release of 218,000 names of voters possibly lacking citizenship proof

A group that wants checks of whether some voters are citizens got access Monday to the names of about 218,000 Arizonans who may not have provided such proof. The move came after the state Court of Appeals in a brief order Monday rejected a bid by Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to keep the list from being given to Strong Communit[...]

Nov 3, 2024, 2:46PM MST

Federal judge rejects purge of 1.2 Million voters but grants access to voter records

A federal judge late Friday ordered Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to turn over records he is required by law to have about his obligation to maintain accurate voter rolls. But U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan, originally appointed by then-President Barack Obama, refused to order Fontes to immediately strip 1.2 million vot[...]

Nov 2, 2024, 8:00AM MST

Judge orders release of 98,000 names of voters possibly lacking citizenship proof

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was ordered Thursday to turn over the names he has on a list of registered voters of those who may not have provided proof of citizenship -- at least the first 98,000. In an often strongly worded order, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney, originally appointed by then-Governor Doug Du[...]

Oct 31, 2024, 2:52PM MST

1.2 Million Arizona voter registrations challenged by Florida group in new lawsuit

A Florida-based organization contends there are 1.2 million ineligible people on Arizona voter registration rolls. In a new lawsuit, attorneys for Citizen AG say their calculations show that more than 1.6 million registered voters did not vote in the last two elections and also did not respond to notices that election officials ar[...]

Oct 29, 2024, 9:00AM MST

Fontes fights release of voter citizenship list due to security concerns

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes testified Monday that immediate release of the names of about 218,000 or more voters who may not have provided proof of citizenship would lead to threats and intimidation of those on the list. And that's assuming there is such a list, which he insisted there is not – at least not a full list. [...]

Oct 24, 2024, 2:22PM MST

Fontes challenges Pinal County’s election violations in state Supreme Court

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to force Pinal County to comply with state election laws – and do so this year. In new filings, Fontes said that even Pinal County Superior Court Judge Delia Neal, appointed by then-Governor Doug Ducey, ruled that the county was acting illegally in not allowing[...]

Oct 15, 2024, 4:40PM MST

Fontes wants to keep voter list from public before election

The attorney for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told a judge Tuesday that if he makes public the names of 218,000 voters who may not have proven citizenship ahead of Election Day that it will lead to voter intimidation. Craig Morgan said he does not doubt that the names of whoever is on the final list – and he said there reall[...]

Oct 8, 2024, 9:53AM MST

Expected Pinal County ruling could affect how many ballots are rejected in Arizona’s November election

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. A Pinal County judge is set to decide a case Friday that could affect the number of ballots rejected in the county during this year’s presidential election. Th[...]

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 29, 2024, 9:34AM MST

Federal court rules part of Arizona election manual illegal

A federal judge late Friday blocked Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from refusing to include a county's vote in the statewide totals if the local supervisors failed to certify the results, calling what he proposed "utterly without precedent'' and comparing it to a nuclear weapon. In an often strongly worded ruling, U.S. District [...]

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