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Impact of student population in downtown nil at ballot
Arizona-based universities have increasingly focused on downtown Phoenix in the past decade, with all three state universities bringing satellite campuses to the area between Roosevelt and Van Buren streets.
Attorney general says counties can maintain own voter rolls
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says county election officials can maintain separate voter databases but are legally required to send voter information to the secretary of state's office.
Moderate GOP lawmakers exist in name only, study finds
So-called “moderate” Republican state legislators in Arizona aren’t so moderate after all. Only a handful of Republican senators and representatives vote alike with a few Democrats in their respective chambers, according to an analysis by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
Some GOP lawmakers vote solid red, support caucus bills
Representatives like Vince Leach, R-Tucson, and Don Shooter, R-Yuma, and Sens. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix and John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, are among the Republicans most faithful to their own caucus when it comes to voting.
Small group of Republicans buck their party, vote their conscience
Republican Sen. Warren Petersen and Reps. Eddie Farnsworth and Rusty Bowers certainly don’t vote alike with Democrats. They also have the distinction of being the most likely to buck their own party.
Arizona Democratic Party seeks to overturn ‘ballot harvesting’ ban
Attorney Bruce Spiva contends that the Republican-controlled Legislature acted illegally last year in making it a felony for an individual to take anyone else’s early ballot to a polling place.
Federal judge denies state officials access to Democratic voter data
A federal judge on July 24 denied the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office’s attempt to get privileged documents containing voter demographics and related information from the national and local Democratic Party.
Maricopa County’s Nov. 8 election turnout lowest since 2000
Voter turnout for the Nov. 8 general election was the lowest in Maricopa County since 2000.
ASU campus opens voting precinct
For the first time in 10 years, voters cast a ballot on the Arizona State University Tempe campus.
Uncounted votes in Maricopa County could delay election results
Election officials in Arizona's most populous county may not be able to calculate vote totals by day's end, which could leave the presidential race up in the air.
Judge: No voting extension in Maricopa County
A Maricopa County judge has rejected a request from the Arizona Democratic Party to extend voting by two hours in the county.
For voters on reservations, getting to the poll just the first hurdle
It’s tough to give a poll worker your street address when you don’t live on a traditional street, but that’s just one of the challenges that Native American voters who live on a reservation can face.
