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Adrian Fontes

May 21, 2021

Stephen Richer prefers boring, takes on Trump

There’s a lot of unintentional irony surrounding Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.

vote, politics, Democrats, Republicans, divisiveness, women's rights, democracy, education, family values
May 21, 2021

Races for 2022 statewide offices taking shape

Arizona is sitting somewhere between keeping the 2020 election alive and preparing for the 2022 election, where all statewide executive offices will be on the ballot as well as a U.S. Senate seat.

Mar 11, 2021

Borrelli badgers woman over ballots, ridicules Republicans

The Arizona Senate’s Republican whip attempted to pressure a woman who went dumpster-diving for ballots into handing documents she found over to him instead of law enforcement and implied both of them could be killed for trying to expose fraud.

Feb 11, 2021

Boyer’s vote triggers threats of violence, retribution

Silence lingered as everyone in the room watched Boyer, then scanning through text messages to save the most overt threats for police. Boyer looked up and shook his head. The vote was over. His hellish week was just beginning.

Dec 8, 2020

Legal challenges to election head to court

Attorneys for state and county election officials head to federal court Tuesday to quash one of the two remaining bids to overturn the vote for Joe Biden in Arizona. And time may be running out for a final decision.

Nov 12, 2020

Fontes concedes Maricopa County recorder race to Richer

Maricopa County will have a Republican county recorder again after Democrat Adrian Fontes, the incumbent, conceded the race on Thursday morning to his challenger, Stephen Richer.

Nov 5, 2020

Trump advisor hints at lawsuit if vote doesn’t go their way

Republicans were looking at the possibility of judicial intervention if the numbers do not appear to be going their way.

Nov 5, 2020

#SharpieGate goes to court, Fontes calls it ‘hoo hah’

A new lawsuit late November 4 charges that ballots are being invalidated because voters are using Sharpies – exactly what they are told to use by Maricopa County election officials.... […]

Oct 22, 2020

Judge denies parties’ real-time access to voter info when ballot is deficient

The Arizona Democratic Party is not entitled to a real-time time access to a list of voters whose signatures on early ballot envelopes do not match what’s on file or... […]

Oct 6, 2020

Judge rules for Fontes, Hobbs in video voting dispute

A judge said Monday that some people who vote remotely are legally entitled to use video screens to cast their ballot despite a state law that makes it illegal

Adrian Fontes PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR
Sep 28, 2020

A time to protest

Your vote = your voice, and it is more important than ever that every registered voter speaks out this election cycle.

Sep 26, 2020

Fontes asks judge to rule vote by video is legal

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes wants a court to bless the practice he is using that allows some people to cast a ballot by video conference.

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