Progressive group out to oust 2 state Supreme Court justices
Progress Arizona is launching a campaign to deny new terms to two of the state Supreme Court justices who voted earlier this month to allow the 1864 law on abortion to once again be enforced in Arizona.
Measure reducing lengthy judges retention list advances
A measure posed to grant indefinite terms to judges given “good behavior” is one step closer to voters after passing through House Municipal Oversight and Elections Committee on March 20.
Arizona voters could have say on Tucson elections
Republican lawmakers are moving to allow voters around the state to decide and possibly overrule how Tucson elects members of its city council.
Only troubled judges would stand for election under proposed law
The Senate Elections Committee greenlit a resolution on party lines to hinge judicial retention elections on “good behavior” instead of term limits Thursday.
Taskforce proposes changes to evaluating judges
The Judicial Performance Review taskforce released its recommendations on changes to the evaluation process for the judges and justices subject to retention elections.
Top Ducey aides leave for new jobs
Two senior staffers for Gov. Doug Ducey are leaving their jobs after nearly seven years.
Supreme Court passes on appeal of Libertarian Party voter case
The U.S. Supreme Court has quashed a last-ditch effort by the Arizona Libertarian Party to void a state statute which was designed — and succeeded — at keeping its candidates... […]
Hobbs asks U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Libertarian law change
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to swat down a last-ditch effort by the Arizona Libertarian Party to make it easier to put its candidates... […]
Libertarians want U.S. Supreme Court to quash law designed to keep them off ballot
The Arizona Libertarian Party is making a last-ditch effort to quash a state statute, which was designed and succeeded at keeping its candidates off the ballot.
9th Circuit upholds law to burden Libertarian candidates
A federal appeals court has upheld a 2015 state law which the Libertarian Party charges – and some Republican lawmakers admitted – was specifically designed to keep its candidates off the ballot.
Tucson man wants to put city election system to a vote
Unable to get courts to void Tucson's current council election system, some political interests now are taking their case directly to voters.
In Arizona, conventional wisdom – money, name ID – rules
Donald Trump might have upended the conventional wisdom about political campaigns, and yet in Arizona, the conventional wisdom reasserted itself in the most conventional of ways.