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Reagan foe says complaint over manuals could force her from office
A complaint alleging that Secretary of State Michele Reagan broke the law when she decided not to issue a new election procedures manual for the 2016 cycle could lead to her removal from office, the attorney who filed it said.
The Outsider: Christine Jones crashes the party in CD5
Christine Jones is seeking to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District two years after her disastrous foray into Arizona’s gubernatorial race, where she spent $5.5 million and finished a poor third in the Republican primary.
Solicitor general rejects bid to jump the gun on campaign signs
Candidates are not going to get an extra month or so ahead of primary elections to put up their campaign signs.
Reagan’s office skips election manual
Secretary of State Michele Reagan did not compile a new election procedures manual for the 2016 cycle, perhaps the first time in decades, if not longer, that the office did not release the biennial publication that instructs county and local officials on the conduct of elections.
Voter Protection Act raises stakes for SB1516 referendum
If organizers of a citizen referendum against SB1516 fail to convince voters to reject the broad-based campaign finance overhaul, the consequences could be far worse for them than the passage of laws they consider detrimental to Arizona’s future.
Initiative, referendum could raise complex legal questions
The unique circumstances of a proposed citizen initiative to strengthen the Clean Elections system and the ways it may conflict with a campaign finance law overhaul passed by the Legislature this year could force the courts to unravel a series of complicated issues that would be the legal equivalent of figuring out a Rubik’s cube.
17 legislative candidates are already guaranteed winners
Legislative candidates have filed their paperwork to run for office, clearing the first official hurdle of the 2016 election. And for almost 20 percent of the state’s 90 lawmakers, that first hurdle is the only hurdle they will face.
Yes, all the expected incumbents filed
With the dust settled after yesterday’s deadline to submit nominating petitions, it appears as though 219 candidates have filed to run for legislative, statewide and federal offices. There are 7 statewide candidates (a low figure, but there are only three Corp Comm seats on the ballot this year), 171 legislative candidates and 41 federal candidates.
Senator’s wife hopes to keep Senate seat in the family
The wife of Sen. Carlyle Begay is running to fill the Arizona Senate seat he’s vacating to run for Congress. Candace Begody-Begay, 28, filed nominating petitions on Wednesday morning to run for the Senate in Legislative District 7.
Meet my daughter: MLK Diversity Award recipient running for House of Representatives
I am shocked and appalled to see this publication diminish my daughter to her relationship status, the same woman who received the 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Diversity Award in Tempe for her leadership in the community.
A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet
As Prop 123 clings to a narrow lead, the campaign for the K-12 funding measure has been consistent in its message that it expected the lead to hold and that it didn’t matter how close the race was, as long it passed.
