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Rejected by Clean Elections
Rep. Catherine Miranda this week made an abrupt switch to private campaign financing after Clean Elections rejected her $5 qualifying signatures.
Maricopa County’s early voter list tops 1 million
More than half of the 1.9 million registered voters in Arizona's most populous county are now signed up to automatically receive ballots for early voting.
Remember to show your work
At yesterday’s IRC meeting, Voting Rights Act consultant Bruce Adelson repeatedly emphasized that DOJ likes to see a lot of debate and discussion about Voting Rights Act districts when contemplating preclearance for new maps.
Judge rejects Clean Elections referendum
A judge has ruled that a referendum to abolish Arizona's public campaign finance system can't go on the state's 2012 ballot.
To kill Clean Elections, lawmakers who used it must pull trigger
Opponents of Arizona’s Clean Elections system are optimistic about the latest measure to effectively kill public campaign financing in Arizona. The House, where similar measures have died in the past, has a Republican supermajority of legislators elected on promises of fiscal responsibility. Now is the perfect time, they say, to pass a measure they call the “No Taxpayer Subsidies for Political[...]
Senate approves bill to dump clean elections
The Arizona Senate wants voters to decide whether to bar the use of public money for candidates' campaigns.
Voting may get more efficient, but farther from home
Arizona is taking a first step into a money-saving way to run elections, but a representative of a politically powerful seniors organization is cautioning that the change may confuse, and thus disenfranchise, some voters.
Up Close with Ken Bennett
With more votes than almost any candidate in the state, Election Day was a mandate for Ken Bennett. As he prepares for a full term as secretary of state, the position Gov. Jan Brewer appointed him to when she ascended to the Ninth Floor, Bennett is planning on changes aimed at making voting easier and making government more accessible to Arizonans. But secretary of state may not be his last gig[...]
Arizona campaign funding system transfers $20 million
The commission that runs Arizona's public campaign finance system is giving $20 million to the state general fund.
Politicians, lobbyists agree power has shifted into unelected hands
Political activists and observers say term limits should be termed out, but average voters seem to like the law just the way it is.
Friday is deadline for requesting an early ballot
Arizonans who want to vote in the Nov. 2 election by early ballot face a Friday deadline for requesting a ballot.
Registration deadline looms for Nov. 2 election
The deadline for Arizonans to register to vote in the Nov. 2 general election is midnight on Monday.
