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Election Day

Jul 25, 2020

Police: Fire at Arizona Democratic headquarters was arson

A fire that destroyed part of the Arizona and Maricopa County Democratic Party headquarters was an act of arson, authorities said Friday.

Jun 21, 2020

Groups settle lawsuit over ballot counting

In a deal reached Thursday, two groups who challenged the law will not pursue their claim that it is unconstitutional to refuse to count ballots that have not arrived in the mail by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

May 5, 2020

Maricopa County considers spreading election over 2 weeks

Arizona's largest county is considering holding up to two weeks of in-person voting in the August primary election to reduce the risk that the coronavirus will spread among people casting ballots.

Feb 3, 2020

State claims Election Day deadline not illegal

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is asking a federal judge to declare there's nothing unconstitutional about requiring people to get their early ballots to county offices by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

May 14, 2019

Bill to make primary elections earlier goes to governor

Arizona voters may be on the verge of getting three more weeks of candidate speeches, robocalls, door hangars and mailers.

Nov 23, 2018

Slow vote count spurs talk of changes in election laws

Arizona’s prolonged vote count has borne a batch of proposed law changes designed to speed up the process and instill more confidence in the system. It took a week in... […]

lawsuit, Pima County, apartment, fatal shooting
Nov 20, 2018

Navajo Nation suit could delay final vote count

The Navajo Nation is claiming that the state and several counties illegally discriminated against tribal members and kept them from having their votes counted.

Nov 19, 2018

Incoming SOS Katie Hobbs to ‘take the politics out of the office’

Secretary of State-elect Katie Hobbs will push to take the politics out of Arizona’s elections office.

A worker prepares volunteers to verify ballots at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Phoenix. There are several races too close to call in Arizona, especially the Senate race between Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema and Republican candidate Martha McSally. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Nov 9, 2018

Settlement reached in tight Arizona Senate vote count

Arizona Republicans and Democrats agreed Friday to give rural voters an extra chance to fix problems with their ballots in the count of the state's tight Senate race, resolving a GOP lawsuit that sought to stop urban voters from using those very same procedures.

Nov 8, 2018

Republicans, Democrats in court over election disputes

A legal bid by Republicans to change ballot-counting procedures - presumably in their favor - may be too late to help any of their candidates in close races.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, speaks to supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at an election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz. Incumbent Ducey defeated democratic challenger David Garcia for his second term. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Nov 6, 2018

Doug Ducey soundly wins re-election

Gov. Doug Ducey, the Arizona Republican with perhaps the biggest target on his back this year, has taken a substantial lead over Democrat David Garcia Tuesday in the early voting count.

Nov 5, 2018

Democrats narrow margin on early ballots

Election Day officially is tomorrow but more people already have cast their ballots in Arizona than four years ago - though not everywhere throughout the state.

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