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Paul G. Ryan asked the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office what seemed like a simple question: Is a state nonprofit that spends money to influence elections actually a political committee?

Arizona’s first recount of a congressional general election in history is underway, but not without the first of what may be many legal challenges to the process.

A recount in southern Arizona's 2nd Congressional District race between Democratic incumbent Ron Barber and Republican challenger Martha McSally is set to begin.

The Arizona Supreme Court denied a request to delay a recount in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, made Monday by a collection of Pima and Cochise County voters who contend the recount procedures set out by the secretary of state violate state law.

A collection of Pima and Cochise County voters sued Arizona’s top election official on Monday, claiming that the secretary of state’s planned method for conducting a recount in Congressional District 2 was in violation of state law.

Despite the near-record low voter turnout this year, the official canvass of Arizona’s 2014 general election yielded good news for the state regarding provisional ballots.

The first recount in a congressional general election in Arizona history is set to begin, with U.S. Rep. Ron Barber hoping to buck history and overtake Republican Martha McSally on a second try.

Martha McSally has asked a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Democratic Rep. Ron Barber that seeks to stop the official certification of election results.

They can’t gather their first signature for more than seven months. But foes of Republican Diane Douglas, newly elected the state school superintendent, now have the legal ability to start soliciting funds for the effort.

Attorneys for U.S. Rep. Ron Barber filed a federal suit Monday morning to stall the certification of Arizona’s election results until at least 133 votes can be added to the final tally.