Signature effort aims to derail solar ballot measure
Summit Consulting Group, a political consulting firm with ties to Arizona Public Service, is paying Sign Here Petitions to collect survey signatures, but only on the condition that signature gatherers sign a non-compete clause, promising not to work on SolarCity’s initiative.
Judge throws out primary challenge
A judge this afternoon threw out a challenge to last month’s presidential primary.
Us versus them
In an email on Friday, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce asked members to weigh in on whether it should oppose and work to defeat three proposed ballot measures that it... […]
Worker: System blocked some ballots in Arizona primary
A poll worker who was on duty during Arizona's problematic presidential primary testified Monday that the computer system checking in voters would not allow her to give the correct ballots to 36 Democratic voters while she counted about 20 other voters that were listed in the wrong party.
Trump supporters cry foul over AZ GOP proxy rules
Some of Donald Trump’s surrogates in Arizona are sounding the alarm about an Arizona GOP directive that they say may hurt the tycoon in his battle with Ted Cruz for delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Under S1516, some candidates are more equal than others
Under S1516, some candidates are more equal than others
Major battle likely to heat up over solar energy initiative
A constitutional ballot initiative that would preserve the status quo for solar energy for the next six years already has major funding. But utilities and some public officials are lining up against it, setting up a big election battle.
Congressional fundraising: A sneak peek at who has the cash and who doesn’t
Congressional candidates filed their first fundraising reports of 2016, giving a sneak peek at who has the cash to run for Congress and who is lagging behind.
The Never Trump strategy?
Some longtime Republican activists are speculating that the Arizona Republican Party’s decision to allow the use of proxy votes at the 40 district and county meetings (where 1,251 delegates to the party’s April 30 state convention were elected) is not only a break from decades of precedent, but potentially a strategy to undermine Trump.
Attorney asks judge to hold Reagan accountable for primary election failures
The failure of Secretary of State Michele Reagan to properly monitor last month’s presidential primary is grounds to have the results voided even if it won’t change the outcome, an attorney challenging the results told a judge Tuesday.
Proposed campaign law: Obscure a sign, go to jail
The state Senate on Monday gave preliminary approval to allowing candidates to put up their signs starting 86 days before the election. That’s nearly twice as long as now permitted.
Poll proposal aims at preventing another election fiasco
If Arizona has a presidential primary four years from now, state lawmakers want to keep it from being the fiasco it was last month.