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Feb 9, 2024, 12:44AM MST

Legislature passes bill to fix election deadline problems

A legislative fix that election officials say would allow military and overseas voters to get their general election ballots on time is on its way to the governor’s desk. The state House and Senate passed a bill Feb. 8 proposing changes in election laws for elections officials to meet federal deadlines created by a wider automati[...]

Feb 6, 2024, 12:18AM MST

GOP, Democrats introduce dueling bills to fix election deadline mess

A last-minute effort to fix state election deadlines could hang in part on whether Gov. Katie Hobbs and Democrats are willing to agree to enshrine more vigorous signature verification on early ballots into Arizona law. The issue isn't new. Supporters of Donald Trump made the same arguments in their bid to have him declared the winn[...]

elections, We the People Arizona Alliance, ballots, voters, Maricopa County, judge
legislature Dec 15, 2023, 1:01PM MST

Kolodin agrees to Bar discipline in connection with election challenges

A state legislator who is a lawyer has been placed on probation for 18 months for his role in three lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 election and in filing suit against a Democratic state lawmaker for urging the FBI to investigate the activities of Republican lawmakers in and around the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capit[...]

Featured News Nov 10, 2023, 10:01AM MST

After 2020 election, public records requests soared 

This is the third in a series of stories the Arizona Capitol Times has published on the state of Arizona’s public records laws.  Following the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, one of the nation’s most watched counties is receiving an unprecedented increase in public records requests. The Maricopa County Recorde[...]

public records requests, state agencies, 2020 election
Top Stories Oct 23, 2023, 11:57AM MST

Turnover plagues election offices, one swing state county trying to recover

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — The polls had just opened for last year's midterms in Pennsylvania when the phones began ringing at the election office in Luzerne County. Polling places were running low on paper to print ballots. Volunteers were frustrated, and voters were getting agitated. Emily Cook, the office's interim deputy di[...]

election workers, Arizona, Pennsylvania, conspiracy theories, Nevada, Congress, threats
Top Stories Oct 17, 2023, 8:33PM MST

US Rep. Debbie Lesko won't seek re-election in Arizona next year

U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko announced Tuesday that she will not run for office next year. The Arizona Republican has decided to spend more time with family. In a statement, Lesko, 64, said traveling every month to Washington, D.C. has been difficult and that "D.C. is broken." She said her office will continue to serve her constit[...]

Aug 1, 2023, 5:27PM MST

Finchem drops bid to overturn election results for SOS

Concluding there's probably no legal path to victory, Mark Finchem is dropping his bid to overturn the 2022 race for secretary of state. In a brief filing, his attorney pointed out how appellate level courts have so far rejected claims by failed gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake that there were mistakes made in how the election was [...]

Featured News Jul 26, 2023, 4:39PM MST

Finchem aims to get reelected to Legislature after losing SOS election

Updates: Adds information obtained of the actual address Mark Finchem claims from other documents filed with the Secretary of State's Office, adds comments from Sen. Ken Bennett, R-Prescott, that Finchem had picked up a packet on June 30 to run for recorder in Maricopa County, and that Steve Zipperman had run in 2022. It also correct[...]

Finchem, Lake, Senate, House, Secretary of State, 2024 primary
Recent news Jun 2, 2023, 11:16AM MST

Supervisor Bill Gates says he's not running for re-election

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, who worked to bat down election misinformation and a hostile political landscape in 2020 and 2022, announced Thursday that he's not running for re-election. In a statement, Gates said he intends to "pursue other interests and opportunities" but will fulfill the remainder of h[...]

election, Bill Gates
Featured News May 26, 2023, 10:30AM MST

After botching election results, Arizona county wants to try hand-counting ballots

Pinal County’s inaccurate counts in 2022 were caused by human error. Counting ballots by hand won’t prevent that again. “This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.” After human error in Pinal County’s midterm election cause[...]

Pinal County, elections, ballots, VoteBeat, Cyber Ninjas, ballots
Featured News Apr 25, 2023, 5:16PM MST

Montenegro files complaint over Tempe’s special election for Arizona Coyotes arena

[caption id="attachment_262148" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizona Coyotes center Liam O'Brien celebrates with right wing Christian Fischer (36) after scoring a goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL hockey game on April 13, 2023, in Tempe. A Republican legislator is asking the attorney general’s[...]

Coyotes, Montenegro, Tempe, voters, special election
Governor's Office Mar 23, 2023, 4:51PM MST

Lake still believes she can meet burden of proving election results tainted

[caption id="attachment_258948" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Kari Lake, who at this time was the Republican candidate for governor, waves to her supporters at the Republican watch party in Scottsdale on Nov. 8, 2022. A spokesman for the failed gubernatorial hopeful told Capitol Media Services Lake still believes, even with the re[...]

Lake, Hobbs, governor, Court of Appeals, election contest, general election, ballots, tabulation, Election Day, Republicans, Democrats, MAGA, secretary of state

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