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Judge won’t stop Democrat county recorder from telling voters how to correct ballots
Voters in at least one Arizona county are getting instructions on how to "correct'' a wrong vote that may be illegal.
Maricopa County’s recorder apologizes for his online tirade
In a five-minute video on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Fontes said he was sorry for his "inappropriate and rude comments" to State House District 13 candidate Nathan Schneider and apologized to all county voters and residents and the elections department.
Adrian Fontes: Maricopa County Recorder-elect, a win for Democrats
Adrian Fontes is a first-time politician who unseated 28-year incumbent Helen Purcell by a razor thin margin in the November election. He’s the first Democrat to hold any countywide office in decades.
Sen. Kimberly Yee’s primary competition eliminated
A court ruling has cleared the District 20 GOP primary for Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix.
Dual lists, dueling officials
Conflicting policies likely to produce headaches as elections approach
Attorney General Tom Horne says he suspects the few voters who didn’t prove their citizenship when they registered with federal forms are in the U.S. illegally.
$11 million in the bank
Gallardo: HB2305 unnecessary, election problems could be solved with leftover HAVA money
Several provisions of HB2305 were drafted in direct response to problems in the 2012 election, when it took 11 days to call a close congressional race and an all-time high number of voters were forced to cast provisional ballots.
An unlawful lawmaker?
Gilbert or Ganado — New senator faces challenge over residency
Mere hours after he was sworn into the Arizona Senate, Democrat Carlyle Begay faced a challenge to his seat on the grounds that he doesn’t live in the district he was appointed to represent.
Political groups try to keep HB2305 from becoming law
When lawmakers rolled several controversial elections changes into one jam-packed omnibus bill and approved it in the final moments of the legislative session, a coalition of disparate political groups coalesced around a single goal: to stop the bill from becoming law.
Arizona Senate passes election overhaul bill
The Arizona Senate revived an election omnibus bill Thursday that could limit early voting participation after Republican leaders pressured their caucus to pass the measure in the final hours of the 2013 legislative session.
Some Arizona voters find ‘convenience voting’ adds to their confusion
When Jim Giles went to his Biltmore area polling place on Nov. 6, as he has done every election year for the past three decades, he got an unwelcome surprise.
Uncounted provisional and early ballots leave groups frustrated
People who said they registered for an early ballot but never received one. People confused about the identification needed to vote. People told they weren’t on a precinct’s voting list.
Wrong date printed on Arizona voting documents
Maricopa County election officials say the wrong date was printed on several Spanish-language mailings containing new voter registration cards.
