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Jan 24, 2022, 6:59PM MST

Senate committee kickstarts GOP’s aim to overhaul elections

[caption id="attachment_252698" align="alignnone" width="619"] The Senate government committee at work Jan. 24, 2022. From left, Sen. Sonny Borrelli, Sen. Kelly Townsend, Sen. Wendy Rogers, Sen. Theresa Hatathlie. Photo by Camryn Sanchez/The Arizona Capitol Times.[/caption] IN THIS ARTICLE: Fann replaces Mesnard with Rogers, changes[...]

Jan 18, 2022, 10:46PM MST

Townsend casts Congressional bid with eye on elections, Trump

[caption id="attachment_247523" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kelly Townsend[/caption] IN THIS ARTICLE: Why she's running out of home district, appearance at Trump rally, election security and navigating Republican challengers An Apache Junction lawmaker who continues to question the outcome of the 2020 presidential race now wants[...]

Jan 16, 2022, 11:58PM MST

Rep. David Cook’s HB 2581 swaps incumbent petitions for $250

The way David Cook sees it, once you've been elected to office you shouldn't have to be bothered gathering signatures on nominating petitions for your reelection. The Republican state representative from Globe is proposing that incumbents have an alternate option for getting their names back on the ballot: Pay a $250 fee t[...]

Sep 30, 2021, 3:29PM MST

In their court

[caption id="attachment_251227" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, right, is joined by Sen. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, prior to the Arizona Senate Republican hearing on the review findings of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County at the Arizona Capitol, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in[...]

Sep 8, 2021, 3:34PM MST

Hobbs wants bigger budget – doesn’t ask nicely

[caption id="attachment_249237" align="alignnone" width="620"] Katie Hobbs[/caption] Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wants to nearly double her office’s funding next year because of new burdens imposed by Republican legislators. In a scathing letter accompanying her $37 million budget request, Hobbs, a Democrat, described[...]

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] [...]

Apr 14, 2021, 3:48PM MST

State high court voids 2018 law on city elections

The Arizona Supreme Court has once again nullified efforts by lawmakers to tell Tucson -- and all the state's charter cities -- when they can have their elections. In a 5-1 ruling Wednesday, the justices rejected arguments by Attorney General Mark Brnovich that a 2018 law requiring cities to select their mayors and council m[...]

Dec 23, 2020, 2:47PM MST

Census figures indicate AZ gets 10th seat in House

[caption id="attachment_247442" align="alignnone" width="620"] Arizona is one of five states likely to gain at least one seat in Congress in 2020. SOURCE: ELECTION DATA SERVICES ANALYSIS OF US CENSUS BUREAU DATA[/caption] All those folks fleeing elsewhere puts Arizona on track for picking up a 10th seat in the U.S. House of Repres[...]

Nov 17, 2018, 6:00AM MST

High voter turnout makes direct democracy more difficult

[caption id="attachment_126086" align="alignnone" width="620"] Deposit Photos[/caption] That record number of Arizonans who turned out to vote this year has a dark side for direct democracy: It's going to be harder for voters to propose their own laws or get rid of ones they don't like. And that poses a threat to possible petit[...]

Nov 6, 2018, 9:09PM MST

Proposition 305: Voters scrub voucher expansion

[caption id="attachment_124484" align="alignleft" width="300"] (AP Photo/Matt York)[/caption] Arizona voters refused Tuesday to ratify a bid by Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican lawmakers to allow any of the state's 1.1 million students in public schools to get vouchers of state tax dollars to attend private and parochial schools. [...]

Jan 23, 2018, 5:23PM MST

Proposal to have state lawmakers choose U.S. Senate candidates introduced

A first-term state lawmaker wants to curb the ability of voters to choose who the state sends to the U.S. Senate. The proposal by Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, would leave intact the general election process where voters get the last word. In fact, he can't touch that as the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which took e[...]

Jul 6, 2016, 4:23PM MST

Restaurant group preparing to fight minimum wage ballot measure

The head of state’s restaurant industry is gearing up to convince voters to quash an initiative that would boost the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020. Steve Chucri, president of the Arizona Restaurant and Hospitality Association, said Wednesday the campaign against the measure will be based on showing voters how[...]

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