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Mar 5, 2022, 8:00AM MST

Bill Gates: ‘great concerns’ about state’s election future 

[caption id="attachment_251038" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates said Friday he believes that settling the dispute with the state Senate was preferable to the potential loss of nearly $700 million in state funds should the case wind up in court. With him is supervisors Chairman Jack Sellers. (Capit[...]

Mar 4, 2022, 3:41PM MST

Townsend ends 2022 pursuit of U.S. House seat 

[caption id="attachment_247523" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kelly Townsend[/caption]   State Sen. Kelly Townsend is folding her congressional bid, a move that could pave the way for her to take on -- and possibly unseat -- the recently censured Sen. Wendy Rogers.  The Apache Junction Republican said she made the decisio[...]

legislature Mar 3, 2022, 4:09PM MST

Legislature, Ducey, fast-track 2022 petition signature bill

[caption id="attachment_252450" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Garry Knight.[/caption] A bill clarifying the signature thresholds for candidates’ nominating petitions has become law after being rushed through the Legislature Thursday.  The House suspended its rules this morning to pass House Bill 2839 on a 58-0 vote[...]

Featured News Feb 18, 2022, 11:51AM MST

Hobbs seeks clarity, Senate GOP bemoans 2022 signature snafu

State legislators are working on an emergency law to clarify how many signatures candidates need to get on the ballot in this year’s elections. The initiative comes after Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sent a letter to lawmakers last Thursday saying she “urge(s) the Legislature to consider emergency legislation to ensure cand[...]

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Feb 4, 2022, 6:31AM MST

Speaker’s Gambit: Bowers nixes election bill

[caption id="attachment_252994" align="alignnone" width="619"] House Speaker Rusty Bowers in his office, January 2022. Photo by Kyra Haas/Capitol Media Services[/caption] Bowers kills election bill – 12 times!  [caption id="attachment_252996" align="alignright" width="300"] House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Rep. John Filmore, R- Ap[...]

Recent news Feb 3, 2022, 2:05PM MST

Richer accepts 2020 election deniers, looks to November

[caption id="attachment_252968" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said during an online forum on election reform sponsored by States United Action that officials need to work to restore voters’ trust in the system. (Photo courtesy States United Action).[/caption] Maricopa County Recorder Step[...]

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agencies Jan 13, 2022, 11:20PM MST

E-Qual updates flummoxing 2022 candidates

[caption id="attachment_252450" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Garry Knight.[/caption] Problems in the system for candidates to qualify for the ballot with online signatures may leave some of them out of the 2022 race. And the people most at risk of failing to qualify could be those who don't have the big donations from sp[...]

Jan 10, 2022, 6:02PM MST

Pols, music, activists, help trumpet start of 2022 Legislative session

[caption id="attachment_252398" align="alignnone" width="620"] Clockwise from top left, the Eastern Arizona College Band, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona residents pushing for elections bills and gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. (Photos by Kyra Haas, Arizona Capitol Times.)[/caption] Legislators new and old, governor candidates an[...]

Featured News Jan 5, 2022, 4:55PM MST

A year after Jan. 6 GOP Clears Path for 2022, beyond

[caption id="attachment_250973" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this May 2, 2018, file photo, Republican Rep. Mark Finchem argues against an amendment to the state budget proposed by minority Democrats, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Former President Donald Trump is giving his influential endorsement to Finchem, who was at the Jan. 6[...]

Featured News Nov 1, 2021, 4:49PM MST

Fann not running for re-election

[caption id="attachment_250083" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Senate President Karen Fann (Photo by Kyra Haas/Arizona Capitol Times)[/caption] Senate President Karen Fann is calling it quits after next year’s session.  The Prescott Republican, who wouldn’t have been term-limited out until 2024, announced Monday afternoo[...]

legislature Oct 7, 2021, 3:43PM MST

Senate panel chair hot seat in 2022

[caption id="attachment_247851" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Phoenix, AZ - Nov. 30, 2019: The State Senate building is directly beside the Arizona State Capitol building. (Stock/Deposit Photo[/caption] One of the most high-profile committee chairmanships in the Legislature is up for grabs.  Senate Government Committee Cha[...]

legislature Sep 28, 2021, 12:39PM MST

Time runs out for challenge to new election laws at ballot

[caption id="attachment_250326" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A poll observer stretches outside a polling station on Election Day, early, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)[/caption] Arizonans are not going to be able to override a series of changes in voting law approved earlier this year by the Repub[...]

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