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Campaign finance law may contain coordination loophole
A provision of Arizona’s recent campaign finance overhaul may allow people to sidestep the state’s anti-coordination laws and move from a campaign to an independent expenditure with ease once the primary election is over.
As more AZ independents vote in primaries, GOP eyes closing them
The number of independents voting in the partisan primary election on Aug. 26 is expected to surge this year. And with nearly all the primary election action concentrated on the Republican side, independents are overwhelmingly choosing to vote in the GOP primary.
Secretary of state agrees to scrap county-based signature requirements
A requirement dating back to statehood that statewide candidates collect signatures from at least three counties in order to qualify for the ballot will be a thing of the past starting in 2016.
Judge lets signature requirements stand – for now, at least
A federal judge refused Monday to ease the requirement for candidates to get on the ballot, at least for this year.
Lawsuit claims AZ candidate signature requirements unconstitutional
A new federal lawsuit could alter how candidates for statewide office get the signatures they need – and do it in a way that could leave voters in all but Arizona’s largest county out of the process.
Former Horne staffer alleges rampant election law violations in AG’s Office
A former Arizona Attorney General’s Office employee who did volunteer work for Tom Horne’s re-election said she and other employees routinely violated state laws by doing campaign work on taxpayer time, and that Horne himself encouraged and was aware of the unlawful activity.
Coordination bill dead, but issue may not be
After Attorney General Tom Horne took the stand to defend himself against allegations that he coordinated with an independent expenditure committee, it was hard to find election law experts who agreed on whether his actions violated Arizona law.
Reality versus rhetoric in the SB1062 debate
Though the word “gay” appears nowhere in the innocuous-looking two-page bill that has placed Arizona in the national spotlight, opponents call SB1062, which is awaiting Gov. Jan Brewer’s action, an outright attack on gay rights of a monumental level.
Reagan bill seeks to force ‘dark money’ disclosure
A long-awaited bill by Sen. Michele Reagan aims to force independent expenditure campaigns to disclose the source of the anonymous “dark money” that has played an increasingly large role in Arizona’s elections.
Lawmakers navigate maze of legal questions with proposed election law repeal
Faced with the threat of voters turning out in droves to rebuke them, Republican lawmakers who drafted and approved the election reform law HB2305 are preparing to repeal the controversial measure before the voters have a chance to repeal it themselves in the November election.
Subpoenaed lawmakers may be looking for a compromise
Rather than fight the subpoena head on, attorney Kory Langhofer is trying another tack. Langhofer, who was tapped to defend former and current legislators from ACLU’s demand for their private communications, has opened up a line to the ACLU to negotiate the breadth of the subpoena, a legislative source told our reporter this morning.
AZ GOP lawmakers want state to pay for SB1070 supporters’ legal fees
Republican leaders in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature are pushing legislation to pay for the legal fees of current and former lawmakers whose memos and letters have been subpoenaed by opponents of SB 1070.
