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Adrian Fontes

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.

Sep 10, 2020

Supreme Court overturns ruling on instructing voters to fix ballot mistakes

The state's high court late Thursday blocked Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes from telling voters how they can correct errors they make on their ballots.

Sep 7, 2020

Judge won’t stop Democrat county recorder from telling voters how to correct ballots

Voters in at least one Arizona county are getting instructions on how to "correct'' a wrong vote that may be illegal.

Apr 10, 2020

All mail election debate gets new life, spurred by virus

A fight is brewing in Arizona over whether to switch to an all-mail ballot for the primary and general election in order to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes speaks at a press conference on Sept. 12, 2018. (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)
Mar 13, 2020

Court stops County Recorder from sending ballots to all voters for Tuesday election

A Superior Court judge has stopped Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes from sending ballots to all voters who aren’t on the early voters list for Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election.

Mar 13, 2020

Virus impact spreads to elections, campaigning

From the moment Gov. Doug Ducey called a state of emergency to combat the spread of COVID-19, political candidates, campaign staffs and election officials began to plan how to tackle elections in the coming months.

Mar 9, 2020

Voting – if you can – in the 21st Century

Independent Voters are not going to go away. Our Nation needs all the positive voices it can get and the parties don’t own all of them by any means. At some point this will become so broadly clear that it can no longer be ignored. We – and the parties – have a lot of work to do.

Dec 10, 2019

Petersen’s attorney lobs ethics claim at County Attorney as he prepares for hearing on suspension

As suspended County Assessor Paul Petersen fends for his job in a hearing Wednesday, his attorney has leveled conflict-of-interest allegations against Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel similar to what led to the downfall of her predecessor Andy Thomas.

Nov 1, 2019

Disabilities advocates push for better voting access

All Teresa Moore wants is a fair shot at the fundamental right to vote.

Sep 21, 2019

Democrats reject opening up presidential primary to independents

A fiery debate at the party’s state committee meeting pitted party loyalists worried about legal expenses against younger activists, who argued that opening the primary election lives up to the party ideal of expanding voting rights.

Jun 28, 2019

Maricopa County supervisors hire additional elections director

After two election cycles marred by long lines and unfounded accusations of partisan bias, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved changes on June 26 to the way the county hosts elections.

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