"2022 election" | Arizona Capitol Times

May 20, 2024, 3:41AM MST

GOTV effort targets students turning 18

Saying they could affect the upcoming election, a national group is reaching out to the three out of every four Arizona high schoolers old enough to vote but who haven't bothered to register. And there are more than enough of them to have the potential to change the outcome of races in 2024 and beyond. The Civics Center figures tha[...]

May 16, 2024, 3:30AM MST

Gov. Hobbs won’t take sides on justices’ elections

Gov. Katie Hobbs says she'd sure like to have the chance to put two people of her choice on the Arizona Supreme Court. "No governor's going to turn that down, for sure,'' she told Capitol Media Services. But Hobbs said she won't take a side in the debate about whether justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King, who must stand for elect[...]

May 8, 2024, 3:07AM MST

Speaker, Senate president seek to void Proposition 211

The Arizona Court of Appeals heard arguments over whether Proposition. 211, the voter measure requiring heightened campaign media spending donor disclosure, infringes on separation of powers by granting rulemaking and enforcement authority to the Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission. Since its passage, court challenges to prop[...]

May 3, 2024, 3:14PM MST

Judicial watchdog panel overhauls vetting process

All but one judge up for retention met judicial standards, the Judicial Performance Review Commission found in its 2024 review of judges and justices. The latest round of judicial performance review marks the first since a task force undertook a major rule and process overhaul after three judges were not retained in 2022, despite on[...]

Apr 23, 2024, 12:33AM MST

Progressive group out to oust 2 state Supreme Court justices

Progress Arizona is launching a campaign to deny new terms to two of the state Supreme Court justices who voted earlier this month to allow the 1864 law on abortion to once again be enforced in Arizona. And they're gearing up to kill a proposal by a Sierra Vista Republican to strip voters of that right. The organization that suppor[...]

Apr 17, 2024, 11:49AM MST

GOP lawmakers could face political consequences with vote to repeal abortion ban

The head of a key anti-abortion group is warning lawmakers not to repeal the territorial-era law that outlaws all abortions except to save the life of the mother. The message from Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, is aimed at legislators who got elected in 2022 after stating that they were against abortions e[...]

Apr 9, 2024, 10:35PM MST

Abortion outlawed, political conflict continues

A pre-statehood ban on nearly all abortions will stand, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today. In a 4-2 decision, justices found the removal of the federal right to abortion on the demise of Roe v Wade renders the 15-week ban passed by the legislature in 2022 devoid of any implied right to abortion and any authority to override th[...]

Apr 9, 2024, 3:28PM MST

New law on campaign finance reporting takes effect

Sometime in July, Arizonans are going to find out how much money Katie Hobbs has amassed in her campaign war chest and who has been donating. That's all because two GOP lawmakers crafted legislation closing a loophole in campaign finance laws that has so far allowed Hobbs to shield that information. And the governor on Monday signed[...]

Mar 20, 2024, 1:24AM MST

Arizona lawmaker says she announced plans to get an abortion to underscore out-of-touch laws

A pregnant Arizona lawmaker who revealed in a speech at the state Senate that she was planning to get an abortion says she wanted to share with her colleagues and the public the practical effects of abortion restrictions passed over the years. Sen. Eva Burch, D-Mesa told fellow lawmakers in a floor speech Monday that she was going[...]

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