The head of the Arizona Republican Party is claiming that emergency voting procedures used in some counties are illegal.
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Fontes deflects questions on primary election problems 
Two weeks after the Aug. 28 primary election, questions linger about what led to issues at dozens of polling places in Maricopa County, including 62 that didn’t open on time.
Read More »Maricopa County Board of Supervisors chairman nixes idea to keep polls open
Maricopa County won't seek to keep the polls open late tonight despite problems getting some of them open this morning.
Read More »Fontes to ask judge for longer hours at polls
Maricopa County election officials are weighing whether to ask a judge to allow them to let people vote until 9 p.m. -- two hours later than state law -- to compensate for problems at polling places.
Read More »Some Arizona polling places down, frustrating primary voters
A contractor hired to set up voting machines in the Phoenix area failed to send enough technicians, leaving several polling places out of operation during Arizona's primary election Tuesday, two years after voters endured hourslong lines.
Read More »County recorder calls process to vet petitions into question
Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes, who is heading the office in an election year for the first time, isn’t satisfied with a decades-old system, and he hasn’t been shy about saying so.
Read More »AZ Supreme Court upholds ruling LD28 Senate candidate Mark Syms disqualified from ballot 
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Mark Syms, an independent candidate for the state Senate, cannot appear on the ballot in November.
Read More »Elections officials mull criminal probes of forgeries 
Elections officials said they will likely refer several campaigns that have been implicated for fraud and forgery to law enforcement for further investigation.
Read More »Fontes: Multistate database to ease, improve voting process
Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said April 27 that a new “master database of voters” should help Arizona and other states improve the accuracy of voter rolls and increase access to voter registration.
Read More »Voting illustration causes confusion in CD8 special election 
A generic illustration demonstrating how to fill out election ballots will be redesigned after it caused confusion among some voters in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.
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