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Recent news Oct 5, 2023, 4:22PM MST

Change in laws, quirk in calendar could create issues for election officials

A change in federal election laws and a quirk in the 2024 calendar are creating problems for state and county election officials. And unless resolved the worst-case scenario is that, in a race for president that is as close in Arizona as the one in 2020, voters here could lose their voice in deciding who will be in the White House[...]

political ads, election, 2024, AdImpact
Top Stories Sep 28, 2023, 9:47AM MST

Biden targeting Trump's 'extremist movement' as he makes democracy a touchtone in reelection bid

PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden is arguing that "there is something dangerous happening in America" as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country's democratic institutions. "There is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The M[...]

Biden, Trump, presidency, Arizona
Featured News Sep 20, 2023, 9:33AM MST

Cochise County elections leader who promoted voter fraud conspiracies resigns

BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — The elections director of a rural Arizona county who pushed false claims that voter fraud was behind President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss is resigning five months after being hired. Bob Bartelsmeyer submitted his resignation last Friday and announced he would return to his previous job as elections di[...]

Cochise County, La Paz County, elections director, Trump, false claims, voter fraud
courts Sep 19, 2023, 1:04PM MST

Mesa man at center of Jan. 6 conspiracy theory charged with misdemeanor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the center of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor offense in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot and is expected to plead guilty, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Epps, who claimed in a lawsuit filed this year that Fox News Channe[...]

conspiracy theory, Capitol riot, misdemeanor charges
Top Stories Sep 13, 2023, 2:56PM MST

State GOP not giving up attempts to evade sanctions tied to lawsuit

They've lost big in court. Twice. But the Arizona Republican Party isn't giving up its efforts to evade sanctions for filing what judges have called a baseless and politically motivated lawsuit attacking election processes Maricopa County used during the November 2020 election that saw then-President Donald Trump go down in defeat[...]

Maricopa County, Arizona Republican Party,presidential preference, election, GOP, Republicans,
Governor's Office Aug 15, 2023, 4:16PM MST

Ducey criticizes Trump indictments

Arizona's last Republican governor criticized prosecutors for bringing criminal charges against former President Trump.  "We've never seen this with a former president of the United States,'' said Doug Ducey on Tuesday.  "And the question I would have, is this good for our country or is it tearing our country apart?'' he cont[...]

Hobbs, Ducey, containers, border, U.S.-Mexico border, federal government, lawsuit
Top Stories Aug 7, 2023, 3:22PM MST

Biden heads west for a policy victory lap, drawing an implicit contrast with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is setting out Monday on a Western swing aimed at showcasing his work on conservation, clean energy and veterans' benefits as he seeks to draw an implicit contrast between his administration's accomplishments and former President Donald Trump's legal troubles. Biden's first stop will be the [...]

Biden, Grand Canyon, West, climate change, clean energy, Arizona
Top Stories Jul 28, 2023, 4:14PM MST

Lawmakers to take on Prop 400 upon return to the Capitol

State lawmakers will consider legislation to extend a Maricopa County transportation half-cent sales tax when they return to the Capitol on Monday.   The House is scheduled to move a bill that would extend the tax, Proposition 400.  A House Rules Committee agenda was posted Friday afternoon and the House is set to modify it duri[...]

Jul 28, 2023, 9:55AM MST

Arizona governor's election task force recommends new laws

A governor's task force meeting behind closed doors approved recommending changes to election laws, a secrecy decision defended by a top aide to Gov. Katie Hobbs. "We want people to vote in a very private manner and speak their minds freely,'' said gubernatorial publicist Christian Slater. He said that's why reporters were not inv[...]

courts Jul 26, 2023, 3:36PM MST

Lake can't jump the line in her attempt to overturn her loss to Hobbs

Kari Lake isn't going to get to jump the line in her bid to overturn her loss of the gubernatorial race to Katie Hobbs. In a brief order Wednesday, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected the request of the failed Republican candidate to immediately take up her appeal of a lower court ruling that went against her. The justices did not [...]

Lake, Hobbs, election, governor
courts Jul 16, 2023, 2:32PM MST

Court to hear arguments on full hand counts in Cochise County

At least one appellate court judge appears ready to let Cochise County do a full hand count of its early ballots. But not of those voted at polling places. And if that draft opinion holds after the three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals hears arguments on Tuesday, that would be a partial victory for Republicans who have argu[...]

Jul 6, 2023, 8:48AM MST

LISA MARRA

Lisa Marra is the deputy director of elections for the Arizona Secretary of State. Prior to joining the team at the Secretary of State’s office, Marra was the Community Relations Administrator for the Cochise County Board of Supervisors. In this role, Marra oversaw legislative affairs, public relations and management of federal[...]

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