Today many of us use our devices to manage our lives. We use them for banking, shopping, gaming, entertainment, and even finding love. But if the Arizona state Legislature gets in the way, Arizonans won’t be able to trust and ...
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Bill Gates: ‘great concerns’ about state’s election future 
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates told a national panel Wednesday he has “great concerns about the future” of election integrity in Arizona, after threats following the 2020 election and as election deniers run for Secretary of State ...
Read More »Legislature, Ducey, fast-track 2022 petition signature bill 
A bill clarifying the signature thresholds for candidates’ nominating petitions has become law after being rushed through the Legislature Thursday. The House suspended its rules this morning to pass House Bill 2839 on a 58-0 vote. The Senate took action ...
Read More »House panel OKs read-out loud change to initiative petitions 
A House panel approved legislation Wednesday that could give foes of voter-proposed initiatives a new legal tool to keep them from ever getting to the ballot. Senate Bill 1094 would spell out that petition circulators have to read, out loud, ...
Read More »Sen. Pace kills bill limiting trans health care 
Transgender rights advocates implored the Senate Health and Human Services Committee to vote no on a bill to limit trans health care, and a Republican senator voted with Democrats to kill the legislation February 9. Sen. Tyler Pace, R-Mesa, used ...
Read More »Police, legislators seek new oversight for officer shootings 
A bipartisan bill that would require an outside agency to review when a police officer fires their gun or uses deadly force is making its way through the House. “We have had civilian fatalities, and many times that is accompanied ...
Read More »Bowers backs bid to stop gay, transgender discrimination 
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is throwing his weight behind a bill to ban discrimination against gay and transgender people. “It is the doctrine of my faith that we are all brothers and sisters, and we belong to the family of ...
Read More »Speaker’s Gambit: Bowers nixes election bill 
House Speaker Rusty Bowers nixes legislative override of elections by assigning bill to 12 House committees in a move unseen in recent history.
Read More »Heated debate propels voter ID bill out of House committee
A House panel voted Wednesday after heated debate to prohibit election officials from accepting already filled-out early ballots at polling places unless voters first provide identification. The party-line 7-6 vote by the Republican-dominated House Committee on Government and Elections came ...
Read More »Senate GOP embraces new audits in heavily-backed elections bill 
In a move designed to unite conservatives behind a single measure, Senate republicans submitted SB1629 late Monday that if passed and signed by the governor, will mandate audits of Maricopa and Pima county’s election cycle performance by the office of ...
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