Court upholds shortened deadline to fix ballot signature issues
Two groups want the Arizona Supreme Court to give potentially tens of thousands of voters more time to deal with signature issues on their ballots to ensure their votes count […]
Arizona Supreme Court blocks Kari Lake’s final appeal to overturn 2022 governor’s race
Kari Lake is not going to be the governor of Arizona – at least not unless she runs again in 2026 and wins. Without comment the Arizona Supreme Court on […]
Justices targeted over abortion ruling are holding onto their seats
Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King are on track to stay on the bench, per initial returns, with Bolick seeing support for his retention from 57.17% of voters, and King receiving 58.97%.
Republican attorneys skip chance to vie for Supreme Court
Of the 17 Supreme Court hopefuls vying for the vacancy left by Justice Robert Brutinel, none are registered Republicans and only a handful are Independents, according to final applications made public Friday.
AZ Supreme Court to see Lake, Hamadeh, Finchem 2022 election cases on Nov. 6
Three Republicans who lost their 2022 election bids will finally have their cases looked at by the Arizona Supreme Court – the day after the 2024 election. That’s the day […]
Justice faces ethics complaint over pledge to ‘fight for conservative principles’
A complaint submitted to the state’s judicial conduct commission alleges Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick violated judicial ethics for vowing to continue “fighting for conservative principles” at a Republican […]
Courts prepare for influx of election challenges, legal questions remain
After litigious 2020 and 2022 elections, another round of legal challenges in 2024 are all but assumed by the judiciary, election attorneys and professionals, with contests set to enter a […]
Release time beneficial to cities and workers
Joe Seyton of the Goldwater Institute recently wrote an opinion article to this newspaper (8/29/04- Capitol Times) about union release in the State of Arizona and a recent Arizona Supreme […]
AZ Supreme Court upholds decision to count votes for Prop 140
Arizonans will get to decide if they want to scrap partisan primaries. In a brief order Friday, the Arizona Supreme Court refused to block election officials from counting the votes […]
Court buries finding justices erred in wearing robes at religious function
Clarification: This story has been updated with information from the court on the ethics opinion distribution process and additional comment from a court spokesperson. An opinion finding justices were wrong […]
Number of voters impacted registration error more than doubles
And now there are about 218,000. That’s the number of people that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says are registered to vote but never provided the proof of citizenship legally […]
Arizona Supreme Court asked to address nearly 100,000 voters made ineligible by 2005 law
PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether close to 100,000 registered voters can cast a ballot in upcoming state and local elections. A pair of […]