Tag: Rivko Knox
We deserve the full Mueller report, but our leaders aren’t fighting for it
Accurate information is the lifeblood of our democracy. As an eighty-year-old, I have seen sad periods throughout my lifetime when important information has been withheld from voters and I have...
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Bill gives citizens right to sue schools, cities over elections
Saying state and county prosecutors may balk, a House panel voted Tuesday to let anyone file suit to claim that public dollars are being used to influence elections. The 5-4...
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GOP bill would restrict vote-by-mail options
Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) Ignoring the testimony of county election officials, Republican lawmakers voted to bar Arizona voters who receive their...
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Ninth Circuit Court to hear case on Arizona ballot harvest ban
Court: ‘Ballot harvesting’ ban not 1st Amendment violation
A federal appeals court has rebuffed yet another attempt to void the state’s 2016 ban on so called “ballot harvesting.” In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 9th...
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9th Circuit upholds ‘ballot harvesting’ ban
Calling the lack of evidence of fraud irrelevant, a divided federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Arizona’s ban on “ballot harvesting.” In a 2-1 ruling, the judges acknowledged arguments by...
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Federal judge upholds 2016 ban on ballot harvesting
State defends court challenge to 2016 ballot harvesting law
Arizona is entitled to make “ballot harvesting” a crime despite a federal law that allows anyone to deliver a letter, the state’s legal defenders are arguing. In new legal filings,...
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Federal law supersedes state ‘ballot harvesting’ law, suit claims
Rash of GOP bills seek to empower lawmakers, disempower voters
Arizona Republican legislators have a habit of pushing ideas that make their own lives easier, but harder for voters to have their voices heard. Critics say the GOP-led efforts are...
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GOP proposal would restructure Arizona redistricting
Critics warn that a plan to alter the membership of a commission responsible for drawing Arizona’s congressional and legislative district maps is designed to fail. Senate...
