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courts 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[...]

2024 Election News Sep 17, 2024, 11:26AM MST

Arizona Supreme Court asked to address nearly 100,000 voters made ineligible by new 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[...]

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Recent news Sep 9, 2024, 11:10AM MST

Fontes asks court to block Prop 140 removal from ballot

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants the Arizona Supreme Court to pull the plug on ongoing efforts by foes of Proposition 140 to knock it off the ballot. In new court filings, Fontes said he is not taking a position on whether the measure to create a system of nonpartisan primaries should become law. The initiative, if approved,[...]

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courts Jun 27, 2024, 8:36AM MST

Fontes seeks dismissal of suit claiming more than 1 million ineligible voters

A lawsuit by the head of the Arizona Republican Party claiming that there are hundreds of thousands of people registered to vote in the state who are dead or who have moved is pure speculation and should be dismissed, according to an attorney for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes In new filings, Assistant Attorney General Kara Karlso[...]

Recent news May 20, 2024, 3:41AM MST

GOTV effort targets students turning 18

Saying they could affect the upcoming election, a national group is reaching out to the three out of every four Arizona high schoolers old enough to vote but who haven't bothered to register. And there are more than enough of them to have the potential to change the outcome of races in 2024 and beyond. The Civics Center figures tha[...]

legislature May 17, 2024, 12:03AM MST

Comprehensive election legislation gets initial approval

A Senate elections panel advanced a GOP ballot referral package Thursday on party lines that foes say would impose restrictions on early voting. The proposed measure, HCR2056, is heavily opposed by Democrats and would likely meet a veto from Hobbs, so Republicans are moving the measure as a concurrent resolution to put it on the Nov[...]

courts May 2, 2024, 12:41AM MST

AG candidate tries again to redo election

Arizona’s 2022 election for attorney general that saw Republican Abraham Hamadeh lose by just 280 votes should be redone because Maricopa County failed to test their ballot printers and thousands of voters were unable to cast a ballot, Hamadeh's lawyer told a judge Wednesday. Attorney Ryan Heath urged Maricopa County Superior Cour[...]

Top Stories Mar 24, 2024, 10:20PM MST

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. Guards block the entrance, which requires a security badge to access. The glass surrounding it is shatterproof. What merits all these layers of protection is somewhat surprising: tabulating machines that count votes in Arizona's Maricopa County. The security measures ar[...]

An election official sorts mail ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 5, 2024
courts Mar 7, 2024, 5:14AM MST

Finchem’s attorney argues against sanctions

One time Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem asked the Arizona Court of Appeals to spare him from sanctions issued in his election contest.   Judges heard arguments today from attorneys for Finchem and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes over whether Finchem’s suit was “groundless” and brought “in bad faith,” warranti[...]

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