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You’re own your own
Yesterday’s Court of Appeals order blocking the implementation of the new campaign finance limits law led to widespread confusion among candidates, campaign operatives and election attorneys as to how everyone is supposed to proceed.
Appellate court puts new limits on hold
Following oral arguments this afternoon, the Court of Appeals has accepted jurisdiction of the appeal of the trial court’s ruling in Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission v. Bennett and has blocked the law from being implemented until it issues a ruling. It is unclear when that ruling will come.
You’re on the clock
The Ninth Floor is noncommittal about whether Brewer will continue using state funds to keep Grand Canyon National Park open if the federal shutdown doesn’t end before Arizona’s seven-day agreement with the National Park Service expires.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
A legislative source told our reporter today that one of the sticking points in Arizona’s efforts to open the Grand Canyon is whether the state will get reimbursed by the feds for the roughly $30,000 per day it would spend on a partial reopening.
Husk indicted, but not for Fiesta Bowl
Lobbyist Gary Husk and his firm, Husk Partners, were indicted in May on eight campaign finance violations, the AG’s office announced today.
Hale begs off Begay challenge
Hale won’t go to court to challenge the appointment of Begay to the LD7 Senate seat, attorney Tom Ryan told our reporter today, but is considering running against Begay for the Senate seat in 2014.
H2305 challenge has 53K signature buffer
The secretary of state’s office yesterday announced the results of its preliminary screening of the referendum signatures targeting Laws 2013, Chapter 209 (H2305: election revisions; violations).
There can’t possibly be any other explanation
Horne today issued an opinion that says Bennett can implement a dual-registration voting system in which voters who registered using the federal voter registration forms without proving they are US citizens will be limited to participating only in federal elections, and he told our reporter he thinks the majority of those voters aren’t US citizens.
A preview of the next 11 months
Bennett, Christine Jones, Melvin, John Molina and Andrew Thomas took the stage Thursday night at AZ GOP headquarters for the first Republican gubernatorial candidate forum of the 2014 cycle.
Tobin hits the campaign trail
Tobin hosted a conference call with the media this morning to announce his congressional campaign, saying he’s “damn sick of Washington, DC, just like everybody else.”
Tobin announces for CD1 race
Tobin officially launched his long-awaited CD1 campaign this morning.
Not that bad
State agencies, especially those that are heavily reliant on federal funds, are scrambling to figure out how to minimize the effects of the shutdown.
