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New Jones strategy to overcome CD5 deficit could delay military ballots
The recount and subsequent legal battles in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District have raised the possibility that Maricopa County may have to delay sending ballots to nearly 4,000 military and overseas voters.
Jones files lawsuit on CD5 ‘overvotes,’ rejected provisional ballots
Christine Jones is going back to court in the hopes of reversing Andy Biggs’ razor-thin lead over her in the increasingly litigious Republican primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District.
Arizona judge orders recount in close GOP congressional race
A judge has ordered Arizona officials to conduct a recount of ballots in the razor-thin Republican primary in the state's 5th Congressional District.
Jones asks Brnovich, Reagan to probe ballot anomalies
As election officials prepare to begin a recount in the Republican primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, Christine Jones is asking Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Secretary of State Michele Reagan to investigate “anomalies” in the balloting that the candidate said may have cost her the race.
County canvass OK helps set stage for Arizona race recount
Maricopa County officials have certified results from Arizona's Aug. 30 primary election, a step toward a recount of the still-undecided race for the Republican nomination in a Phoenix-area congressional district.
First Things First officials impress auditors, who conclude agency is well run
The Arizona Auditor General’s Office found a well-run agency that coordinates with other government entities and that’s planning for a future in which tobacco tax revenues, the main source of income that funds the more than $100 million in grants for child development programs issued annually by First Things First, are on the decline.
New ballots add to Biggs’ narrow lead in CD5
Christine Jones’ quest to force Maricopa County to count a handful of rejected provisional ballots in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District backfired after the latest court-ordered tally added a handful of votes to Andy Biggs’ razor-thin lead.
Judge orders 18 ballots added to CD5 mix
A judge sided with Christine Jones, ordering Maricopa County officials to add 18 more ballots to the count in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, but it’s Andy Biggs who seems poised to benefit.
Statistical anomaly in late counting doomed Jones in tight congressional race, lifted Biggs
Christine Jones seemed poised to ride her slim but seemingly safe lead to victory in the 5th Congressional District until a statistical anomaly in a lone batch of ballots on the final day of vote counting saw last-place finisher Justin Olson surge while her support tanked, paving the way for a historic comeback by Andy Biggs.
Judge will rule Friday morning on whether to restore rejected CD5 ballots
Just hours before the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors certifies the results of the primary election, including Andy Biggs’ razor-thin, nine-vote win in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, a judge will rule on whether to add a few dozen more votes to the mix.
Five days or three? That is the question.
The fate of Jones’ campaign may hinge on whether counties have been using the right deadline for voters who cast conditional provisional ballots to come back and provide proper identification to election officials.
