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Expected Pinal County ruling could affect how many ballots are rejected in Arizona’s November election
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. A Pinal County judge is set […]
Number of voters impacted registration error more than doubles
And now there are about 218,000. That’s the number of people that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says are registered to vote but never provided the proof of citizenship legally […]
Federal court rules part of Arizona election manual illegal
A federal judge late Friday blocked Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from refusing to include a county's vote in the statewide totals if the local supervisors failed to certify the results, calling what he proposed "utterly without precedent'' and comparing it to a nuclear weapon.
Top Republicans support Fontes on nearly 100,000 questionable voters
The state’s top two elected Republicans are siding with Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes that nearly 100,000 Arizonans who haven’t provided proof of citizenship should be able to vote […]
Arizona Supreme Court asked to address nearly 100,000 voters made ineligible by 2005 law
PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether close to 100,000 registered voters can cast a ballot in upcoming state and local elections. A pair of […]
Fontes asks court to block Prop 140 removal from ballot
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants the Arizona Supreme Court to pull the plug on ongoing efforts by foes of Proposition 140 to knock it off the ballot. In new […]
Fontes seeks dismissal of suit claiming more than 1 million ineligible voters
A lawsuit by the head of the Arizona Republican Party claiming that there are hundreds of thousands of people registered to vote in the state who are dead or who have moved is pure speculation and should be dismissed, according to an attorney for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes
GOTV effort targets students turning 18
Saying they could affect the upcoming election, a national group is reaching out to the three out of every four Arizona high schoolers old enough to vote but who haven't bothered to register.
Comprehensive election legislation gets initial approval
A Senate elections panel advanced a GOP ballot referral package Thursday on party lines that foes say would impose restrictions on early voting.
AG candidate tries again to redo election
Arizona’s 2022 election for attorney general that saw Republican Abraham Hamadeh lose by just 280 votes should be redone because Maricopa County failed to test their ballot printers and thousands of voters were unable to cast a ballot, Hamadeh's lawyer told a judge Wednesday.
Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
The false claims promoted by prominent Republican candidates have driven protesters to rally outside vote-counting centers and to patrol drop boxes. They have led to death threats against election workers and their families and prompted top election officials to quit.
Finchem’s attorney argues against sanctions
Judges heard arguments today from attorneys for Finchem and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes over whether Finchem’s suit was “groundless” and brought “in bad faith,” warranting more than $47,000 in attorney's fees.
