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Arizonans who don’t like the current partisan system of nominating candidates for office could have two similar but somewhat different alternatives from which to choose in 2024. And that runs...
Arizonans might get chance to ditch historic system of electing public officials
Arizonans may get the chance to scrap the historic system by which nominees for public office are chosen, a move that, if successful, could reshape the state Legislature and congressional...
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Report: State added 13,000 clean-energy jobs in past year, 7th best in U.S.
Arizona added almost 13,000 clean-energy jobs in the past year, good enough for seventh-most among states and evidence that the state is becoming a “powerhouse” for clean energy and electric...
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Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
Group gives redistricting panel’s efforts high marks – so far
It’s still a work in progress. But an organization that studies the fairness of political redistricting plans nationwide likes some of what it sees developing here. The Princeton Gerrymandering Project...
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Redistricting Commission picks high profile lawyer for U.S. Supreme Court case
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will once again take on a big-name Washington, D.C., attorney to argue its case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The commission voted unanimously on Tuesday...
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Supreme Court to consider future of congressional boundaries
The fate of Arizona’s commission-based process for drawing the state’s congressional districts will come down to how the U.S. Supreme Court defines the word “legislature.” On March 2, attorneys for...
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Redistricting panel urges US Supreme Court to reject challenge from state lawmakers
A bid by state lawmakers to take back the power to draw congressional lines is legally flawed and should be rejected, the lead attorney for the Independent Redistricting Commission told...
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Targeted Democrats continue stockpiling funds for congressional re-election bids
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Flagstaff, represented the sprawling 1st District once before, but lost a previous re-election bid. Elected back to the seat in 2012, she already...
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Gallardo: Brewer broke promise to kill election overhaul bill
[caption id="attachment_60509" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Arizona Democrats discuss at a press conference Wednesday what they called a "broken promise" by Gov. Jan Brewer to either make sure a controversial election bill...
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Courts: Redistricting lawsuits to move forward, commissioners cannot invoke legislative immunity
A series of court rulings issued late last week in two lawsuits against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission further pave the path for Republican litigants who hope to prove the...
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State redistricting commission approves congressional, legislative maps
[caption id="attachment_41485" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Chair Colleen Coyle Mathis, left, and Vice Chair Scott Day Freeman laugh during discussions on Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011, in Phoenix. The...