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Jul 13, 2021, 5:43PM MST

Fann says audit, county counts don’t match

[caption id="attachment_250033" align="alignnone" width="620"] FILE - In this May 6, 2021 file photo Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool,File)[/caption] [...]

Jun 25, 2021, 12:03PM MST

Campaign launches range from amateurish to slick

Arizona’s 2022 election cycle is taking full shape much earlier than any cycle before it, with 11 candidates already declared for the top two statewide offices. So far, four Republicans and two Democrats are running for governor, with more expected to jump in any day now. Three Republicans and two Democrats have annou[...]

May 21, 2021, 6:30AM MST

Stephen Richer prefers boring, takes on Trump

[caption id="attachment_249370" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer speaks at a press conference May 17 to defend his staff against “defamatory lies” spread as the Arizona Senate conducts its audit of the 2020 election. PHOTO SCREENSHOT[/caption] There’s a lot of unintentional irony surroun[...]

May 21, 2021, 6:09AM MST

Races for 2022 statewide offices taking shape

Arizona is sitting somewhere between keeping the 2020 election alive and preparing for the 2022 election, where all statewide executive offices will be on the ballot as well as a U.S. Senate seat. As an audit of the previous election dominates the headlines, candidates from both major political parties are already beginning[...]

Mar 11, 2021, 10:04AM MST

Borrelli badgers woman over ballots, ridicules Republicans

[caption id="attachment_98062" align="alignnone" width="620"] File photo of Rep. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City (Cronkite News Service Photo by Jessica Boehm)[/caption] The Arizona Senate’s Republican whip attempted to pressure a woman who went dumpster-diving for ballots into handing documents she found over to him instead [...]

Feb 11, 2021, 4:09PM MST

Boyer’s vote triggers threats of violence, retribution

[caption id="attachment_247913" align="alignnone" width="620"] In this April 16, 2016, photo, Rep. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, attends a panel discussion hosted by the Center for Political Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE/Flickr[/caption] The screen behind Senate President Karen Fann spelled d[...]

Dec 8, 2020, 9:36AM MST

Legal challenges to election head to court

Attorneys for state and county election officials head to federal court Tuesday to quash one of the two remaining bids to overturn the vote for Joe Biden in Arizona. And time may be running out for a final decision. In legal papers filed in federal court, Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Tim Liddy said the lawsuit filed by t[...]

Nov 12, 2020, 12:39PM MST

Fontes concedes Maricopa County recorder race to Richer

[caption id="attachment_126142" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)[/caption] Maricopa County will have a Republican county recorder again after Democrat Adrian Fontes, the incumbent, conceded the race on Thursday morning to his challenger, Stephen Richer. The race [...]

Nov 5, 2020, 4:37PM MST

Trump advisor hints at lawsuit if vote doesn’t go their way

[caption id="attachment_246993" align="alignnone" width="620"] From left; Former U.S. Rep. John Shadegg, Citizens United President David Bossie, former Arizona Treasurer Jeff DeWitt, Arizona U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.,speaking, Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward, and U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., participate in an Arizona R[...]

Nov 5, 2020, 8:58AM MST

#SharpieGate goes to court, Fontes calls it ‘hoo hah’

A new lawsuit late November 4 charges that ballots are being invalidated because voters are using Sharpies – exactly what they are told to use by Maricopa County election officials. Attorney Alexander Kolodin claims that Laurie Aguilera showed up at her polling place on Election Day and was provided with that marker. He said[...]

Oct 22, 2020, 3:40PM MST

Judge denies parties’ real-time access to voter info when ballot is deficient

The Arizona Democratic Party is not entitled to a real-time time access to a list of voters whose signatures on early ballot envelopes do not match what’s on file or when a voter forgets to sign entirely, a judge rule late Wednesday. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy acknowledged that the information sought is pub[...]

Oct 6, 2020, 7:29AM MST

Judge rules for Fontes, Hobbs in video voting dispute

A judge said Monday that some people who vote remotely are legally entitled to use video screens to cast their ballot despite a state law that makes it illegal. In an extensive ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner, an appointee of former Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, agreed with Assistant Attorney Ge[...]

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