Republican leaders challenge secretary of state’s new draft of election procedures manual
Key Points: Top Republican lawmakers threaten to sue Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes over proposed election rules Lawmakers claim Fontes’ planned changes go beyond state law and amount to […]
The long road to election integrity
Key Points: Election trust still on shaky ground despite less tension, no litigation in 2024 Former elected official tours tabulation center to spread word of reliable elections Former and current […]
Mohave County supervisor pushes for legal immunity for hand counted ballots
Key Points: Ron Gould seeks legal immunity for pushing election hand counts Attorney general argues Gould faces no real legal threat Outcome could impact statewide ballot-counting procedures A Mohave County […]
Arizona election results delayed after a long ballot and a court order slow counting
Arizona is still waiting on election results it expected to have by Wednesday morning, with some ballots cast at polling places on Election Day yet uncounted, along with hundreds of […]
Expected Pinal County ruling could affect how many ballots are rejected in Arizona’s November election
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. A Pinal County judge is set […]
Judge denies Lake’s access to review ballot affidavit envelopes’ signatures in her election contest
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge denied former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake access to inspect signatures on 2022 ballot affidavit envelopes to support her ongoing election contest. Â
Grand jury indicts two Cochise County supervisors on felony charges tied to election canvass delays
A grand jury indicted Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd on felony charges for working to delay the canvass of the 2022 general election.
Judge rules Maricopa County’s election vendor not subject to public records law
Maricopa County’s election vendor Runbeck Election Services is not subject to public records law. Judge Bradley Astrowsky found Runbeck was not required to fulfill a public records request for security footage from We the People Arizona Alliance, a conservative political action committee focused on election fraud, as the contract between the company and the county did not include work deemed an[...]
Mohave County supervisors reject proposal to hand count ballots
The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted against moving forward with a plan to hand count ballots, dodging assured litigation from the Attorney General’s Office. Â
Hamadeh asks judge to order race that he lost be re-run
Unsuccessful so far in his bid to overturn his loss in the race for attorney general, Abe Hamadeh has opened up a new legal front -- with some new legal theories.
Officials confident about Tuesday voting, feel good for long-term outlook
Local elections across Arizona on Tuesday could be a low-level test of voting systems stressed by years of threats and challenges that have left some worried about the 2024 presidential election, now less than a year away.
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