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 off the ballot. Without comment the justices on Monday rejected ...
Read More »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 on the general election ballot. In new legal filings, attorneys ...
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Rhetoric vs. reality: Prop. 122 aims to counter federal laws 
The grandiose rhetoric of Proposition 122 doesn’t match its actual language. The measure seeks to restrict the use of state resources to enforce federal laws deemed unconstitutional. But it appears to authorize lawmakers and voters to do only what can be done already.
Read More »Center for Arizona Policy faces more scrutiny in the wake of SB1062 
The international furor over SB1062 has led to a reassessment of the Evangelical Christian lobby behind the bill and whose power at the Capitol was considered to be unparalleled. Some said the Center for Arizona Policy and its president, Cathi Herrod, overreached and gave the state a black eye. Others say that even if its influence is undiminished.
Read More »Brewer’s Jan PAC boasts $345K to help GOP candidates
New reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show Brewer was able to get nearly $42,000 in donations in the last half of 2013 to Jan PAC. That brings her annual collections up to more than $272,000.
Read More »Election law referendum organizers say they’re ‘on track,’ opponents skeptical 
The deadline is approaching fast but organizers of a citizen referendum drive against a wide-ranging elections bill say they’re on track to get enough signatures to put HB2305 on the 2014 ballot.
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