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Oct 20, 2023, 1:11PM MST

Free Enterprise Club wants judge to outlaw use of 'drop boxes' for ballots

A group that backs additional restrictions on voting wants a judge to outlaw the use of "drop boxes'' that can make it easier for some people to return their early ballots. Attorneys for the Free Enterprise Club say Arizona law allows for only certain ways a ballot can be submitted. That means personal delivery to county election [...]

Oct 17, 2023, 5:32PM MST

Hamadeh ordered to pay thousands in legal fees to Mayes

Abe Hamadeh has been ordered to pay more than $42,000 in legal fees to Kris Mayes in his unsuccessful effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the results of the attorney general's race. In a new order Tuesday, Chief Justice Robert Brutinel said the award is appropriate because Hamadeh had "misrepresented'' to the [...]

Oct 12, 2023, 2:39PM MST

State GOP says can't count on Fontes to defend Trump's right to be on ballot

Saying it can't rely on Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to vociferously defend the right of Donald Trump to be on the ballot in the state's 2024 presidential preference election, the Arizona Republican Party wants to play an active role in a pending federal court case seeking to bar the former president's candidacy. In[...]

Oct 2, 2023, 4:25PM MST

Hobbs says she's governor regardless of where she goes, Yee disagrees

Katie Hobbs says she's the governor, no matter where she goes -- no matter what else. Hobbs acknowledged Monday that the Arizona Constitution spells out that the powers and duties of the governor go to the next in line of succession on "the governor's absence from the state.'' That is currently the secretary of state. When that[...]

Sep 14, 2023, 1:57PM MST

Hobbs says state officials don't have unilateral right to keep Trump off ballot

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs said neither she -- nor any other state official -- has the unilateral right to keep Donald Trump off the ballot for the state's presidential preference primary based on the 14th Amendment. That's also the view of Republican Sen. Ken Bennett who served for six years as the secretary of state, Arizona's ch[...]

Sep 12, 2023, 5:27PM MST

Lake and Finchem want panel to reconsider dismissal of lawsuit

Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem want a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel to reconsider the dismissal of their lawsuit seeking to ban electronic voting systems. In oral arguments today, Andrew Parker, attorney for Finchem and Lake, continued to claim the possibility of �[...]

Sep 6, 2023, 3:03PM MST

Goldwater Institute files petition seeking to allow all state voters to consider judges' retention

The Goldwater Institute has filed a special action petition seeking to allow all Arizona voters to weigh in on retention for Arizona Court of Appeals judges, not just those in their jurisdiction, and alleges the current residency-based retention system sows voter disenfranchisement and violates the Arizona Constitution. Led by[...]

Sep 1, 2023, 4:04PM MST

State Republicans can vote as usual in next year's presidential preference election

Updates: Adds material to show that Democrats will participate in the statewide primary. Arizona Republicans will get to vote as usual in next year's presidential preference election after the head of the state party rejected a demand from leaders of the Maricopa County GOP to cancel the state-run election and instead run the vote[...]

Aug 29, 2023, 3:07PM MST

Maricopa County Republican Committee wants state GOP to cancel Arizona's usual presidential preference elections

Corrections: Changes Jeff DeWit's title to chairman of the Arizona GOP and eliminates duplicate words. The Maricopa County Republican Committee wants the state GOP to cancel Arizona's normal presidential preference election and instead hold its own vote -- one that would not include any mail-in balloting and would require anyone[...]

Aug 23, 2023, 6:18PM MST

Court refuses to take up Hamadeh's bid to overturn AG's race results

The Arizona Supreme Court refused late Wednesday to take up Abe Hamadeh's bid to overturn the results of the attorney general's race, at least at this point. And now he and his attorneys are on the hook for some new legal fees. The Republican contender sought high court intervention after complaining that Mohave County Superior[...]

Aug 23, 2023, 5:10PM MST

Hobbs concerned about proposed grocery chains' merger

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Wednesday she is "concerned'' about some of the effects on Arizona of a proposed merger of the state's two largest grocery chains. But the governor said she's not ready to say whether she will oppose the combination of Kroger Co., the parent of Smith's and Fry's Foods, with Albertsons Companies, which operate[...]

Aug 10, 2023, 5:23PM MST

Fontes rejects extending election manual comment period

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes doesn’t plan to agree to a request from Republican lawmakers to extend a public comment period for a draft of the state’s election’s procedure guide. Fontes’ office recently opened the public comment period for the 2023 Elections Procedures Manual draft at the beginning of the month[...]

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Hobbs says she's governor regardless of where she goes, Yee disagrees

Hobbs says state officials don't have unilateral right to keep Trump off ballot

Lake and Finchem want panel to reconsider dismissal of lawsuit

Goldwater Institute files petition seeking to allow all state voters to consider judges' retention

State Republicans can vote as usual in next year's presidential preference election

Maricopa County Republican Committee wants state GOP to cancel Arizona's usual presidential preference elections

Court refuses to take up Hamadeh's bid to overturn AG's race results

Hobbs concerned about proposed grocery chains' merger

Fontes rejects extending election manual comment period

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