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County recorder, lawmakers tackle election reforms 

[caption id="attachment_260068" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer speaks inside the Recorder’s Office on Nov. 9, 2022, in Phoenix. Richer is proposing solutions to potentially expedite the vote-counting process after many razor-thin election results in Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York)[/caption] [...]

Richer, Maricopa County, elections, Maricopa County Recorder, Republicans, Democrats, ballots, election
Commentary

Early and effective messaging needed to reach young Hispanic voters

[caption id="attachment_259450" align="aligncenter" width="620"] With a median age of 30, Latinos are among the youngest racial and ethnic groups in the United States, making them a leading edge of the country's youth vote. But earning their votes - and keeping them - is no easy task.[/caption] Time and time again, the young Hispa[...]

vote, voters, elections, task force, Hobbs, Purcell
courts

Cyber Ninjas lawyer, Trump attorney file election contest for Lake

[caption id="attachment_258814" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Kari Lake, Arizona Republican candidate for governor, waves to the media as she walks into a voting precinct to vote with her family on Election Day in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)[/caption] In a wide-ranging lawsuit filed on Friday aft[...]

Lake, Hobbs, Fontes, Maricopa County, election contest

Group gives redistricting panel’s efforts high marks – so far

It's still a work in progress. But an organization that studies the fairness of political redistricting plans nationwide likes some of what it sees developing here. The Princeton Gerrymandering Project is giving the proposed map of new legislative districts a grade of A in partisan fairness. So out of the 30 legislative [...]

AZ/DC

Arizona projected to gain seat in U.S. House

It's beginning to look like Arizona's going to have a bit more congressional clout after 2022. A new analysis by Election Data Services concludes that the shifts in population from the Northeast to the South and West pretty much guarantee that Arizona is going to pick up a 10th seat in the U.S. House after the decennial census[...]

Heap takes early lead over Richer and Hiatt in Maricopa County Recorder primary

State Rep. Justin Heap is leading incumbent Stephen Richer and Don Hiatt in Tuesday’s Republican primary for Maricopa County Recorder as early results are reported.  Heap is up 2.5% over Richer after Maricopa County counted more than 200,000 early ballots Tuesday night. Hiatt is in third with 21% of those early votes.  [caption[...]

Commentary

Protecting Arizona election officials crucial ahead of upcoming elections

In Arizona, the county recorder’s office is responsible for voter registration and early voting and they also play a vital role in their county's local, state and federal elections. On July 3, 2023, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors accepted the resignation of County Recorder Kristi Blair. Blair is the sixth county recorder to[...]

elections, ballots, presidential election, threats, election workers, Arizona
Governor's Office

Campaign spending for governor hit tens of millions

[caption id="attachment_259742" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona governor, reacts to cheers from her supporters as she pauses while speaking on Aug. 2, 2022, in Scottsdale. Lake lost the election to Democrat Katie Hobbs and paid nearly $230,000 to a pair of attorneys who filed her unsuccess[...]

Lake, Hobbs, campaigns, governor, donations, fundraising, Trump, Cyber Ninjas, Senate, PACs, Ducey
legislature

Bipartisan support for election law change?

[caption id="attachment_258459" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An election worker verifies a ballot on a screen inside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office on Nov. 10 in Phoenix.(AP Photo/Matt York)[/caption] Election legislation led to partisan fireworks in the 2022 legislative session, but one significant election reform coul[...]

Maricopa County, elections, Election Day, ballots, certify, nullify, Bible, Bill Gates, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Ducey, Lake, Hobbs
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Lake and Hobbs stress business-friendly policies

[caption id="attachment_246890" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A voter leaves after casting his ballot at a polling station on Nov. 3, 2020, in Phoenix. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs, who is the current Arizona Secretary of State, and challenger Republican Kari Lake emphasized business-friendly policies during a ca[...]

Hobbs, Lake, gubernatorial, governor, Clean Elections Commission, vote, debate
legislature

Special session sought to fix PC snafu

[caption id="attachment_129455" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Winged Victory atop the Arizona Capitol Building (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr)[/caption] While both the House and Senate have passed bills to walk back a legal change made earlier this month and allow for precinct committeeman elections, neither has enough support [...]

courts

Attorney discipline could be battle ground in 2024 election

A state Supreme Court ruling and ongoing attorney discipline proceedings stand to shape how courts and the State Bar dole out discipline for attorneys involved in unsuccessful election cases. Though the courts, the bar and attorneys can discern the merits of a given case using existing ethical rules and statutory framework, a level [...]

Former Arizona Republican governor candidate Kari Lake, right, stands next to her attorney Bryan Blehm at Maricopa County Superior Court during a voting records trial Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

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