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Feds drop Biden administration challenge of Arizona election law
The Trump administration is dropping its 2022 challenge to an Arizona law designed to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal races. That doesn’t mean, however, that the state […]
AZ’s new election law tightens time to meet federal deadlines
It was fought in the Supreme Court this weekend as a legal dispute over whether voters were being denied the right to fix their signatures on ballots. Lost in the […]
GOP leader telling executive committee meeting might not be legally, logistically possible this week
The leader of the Arizona Republican Party is telling members of the party's executive committee that it may not be legally or logistically possible to hold a meeting this week to consider canceling the state-run presidential primary election.
Q&A with House Speaker Ben Toma
In a recent interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Peoria, discussed the highlights and disappointments of the 2023 session.
Hobbs tops Napolitano’s veto record – 63 so far
Gov. Katie Hobbs shattered a state record for the largest number of bills vetoed in one year on April 18 – the Democratic governor rejected 11 bills, bringing her to a total of 63 for the year.
Ducey wants major change in state election law
Gov. Doug Ducey wants a big change in state election law that he said should lead to people knowing the outcome of all contested races that night, or soon after.
Brnovich demands answers from Maricopa County about what he suspects are election law violations
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is demanding answers from Maricopa County about what he said appear to be violations of state election law. In a letter Saturday, his office says it has received "hundreds of complaints'' about how the county administered the general election.
Federal judge blocks voter intimidation by ‘monitors’ at drop boxes
A federal judge granted an emergency temporary restraining order against drop box monitors on Tuesday, banning monitors from filming or following voters within 75 feet of drop boxes.
Bids to nix communism in state spans decades
A bid by a Prescott Valley lawmaker to mandate that Arizona students be taught about communism isn’t the state’s first foray into the issue. One state statute goes back to […]
Discontent with 2018 election brings slate of new voting laws
Amid lingering frustrations over the 2018 election – with Republican accusations that a Democrat in charge of ballots in Arizona’s most populous county had mucked up the process– a flurry of election-related bills were introduced this year.
Judges suggest ‘ballot harvesting’ law may discriminate against Latinos, Native Americans
Federal appellate judges on Wednesday questioned assertions by attorneys for the state and its Republican Party allies that a new law outlawing “ballot harvesting” does not target minorities.
Reagan won’t cancel next week’s special election
Secretary of State Michele Reagan won’t cancel next week’s special election even though her office failed to mail out on time more than 200,000 pamphlets with details of what’s on the ballot.
