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.

Arizona's voter registration numbers are up by nearly 17,000 since the last report in April. The Secretary of State's Office announced Wednesday that Arizona now has more than 3.25 million registered voters.

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission will wait a month before voting on a rule that would force disclosure from “dark money” groups that spend money to influence Arizona elections. But the commission appears likely to approve the proposal over the objections of Secretary of State’s Office and the business community.

Candidates for legislative and statewide office in Arizona could collect all their nominating signatures online, a benefit that critics say should be available to all efforts to place candidates or initiatives on the ballot.

Michele Reagan announced who will serve as the top staffers in her administration at the Secretary of State’s Office.

Paul G. Ryan asked the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office what seemed like a simple question: Is a state nonprofit that spends money to influence elections actually a political committee?

Former Arizona Secretary of State Betsey Bayless will lead the transition team for incoming Secretary of State Michele Reagan.

In a race that many expected to come down to the wire, Republican Sen. Michele Reagan defeated Terry Goddard by a healthy margin in the race for secretary of state, dashing one of the Democrats’ best hopes of winning a statewide office for the first time since 2006.

The Secretary of State’s Office dismissed a claim filed by the Arizona Democratic Party against Mark Brnovich, the Republican nominee for attorney general.

A nonprofit group involved in a campaign finance dispute with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office will get requested records as they become available.