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Maricopa County won't seek to keep the polls open late tonight despite problems getting some of them open this morning.

A judge this morning rejected attempts by Arizona Public Service to keep a renewable energy measure off the November ballot.

A federal judge late Friday slapped down a bid by a Democrat activist to void a 2016 law that makes "ballot harvesting'' illegal and allow the practice to resume for Tuesday's primary.

People who say they were forced by fear of death or injury to break the law need not prove they were in imminent danger at the time of the offense to escape being convicted, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.

A new court decision Thursday has left backers of a ban on "dark money'' even further from their goal of getting the measure on the ballot.

Saying she's violating federal law, the American Civil Liberties Union wants a federal judge to order Secretary of State Michele Reagan to update the addresses of people who have moved so their votes will be counted in November.

The question of whether voters get to decide whether to outlaw ``dark money'' could depend on whether a judge voids a law that throws a hurdle in the path of initiative organizers.

Opponents of a ballot measure to increase Arizona’s use of renewable energy have the right to subpoena more than 1,600 individuals who gathered signatures to get the proposed law on the ballot.

A judge has slapped down efforts by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry to block people from voting whether to hike income taxes on the rich to generate $690 million a year for education.

The question of whether Arizonans get to vote on a tax hike on the wealthy to raise $690 million a year for education could depend on what a judge thinks of a math teacher's explanation of the difference between "percent" and "percentage point.''