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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[...]

Sep 28, 2020, 3:53PM MST

A time to protest

Dear Editor: Your vote = your voice, and it is more important than ever that every registered voter speaks out this election cycle. Each election is promoted as the most significant, and this year, truer words have not been spoken. Supporting candidates who will put you and your family first will change the country. If you belie[...]

Sep 26, 2020, 8:50AM MST

Fontes asks judge to rule vote by video is legal

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes wants a court to bless the practice he is using that allows some people to cast a ballot by video conference. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Fontes said state law provides for "special election boards'' composed of one Republican and one Democrat to assist voters who are confined because of i[...]

Sep 10, 2020, 6:25PM MST

Supreme Court overturns ruling on instructing voters to fix ballot mistakes

[caption id="attachment_136120" align="alignnone" width="620"] Votes are counted at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office for the Arizona primary election Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)[/caption] The state's high court late Thursday blocked Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes from telling voters ho[...]

Sep 7, 2020, 3:04PM MST

Judge won’t stop Democrat county recorder from telling voters how to correct ballots

Voters in at least one Arizona county are getting instructions on how to "correct'' a wrong vote that may be illegal. And a judge is going to allow that to continue, for at least the time being. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith, a Gov. Doug Ducey appointee, has ruled that challengers to the practices of County Rec[...]

Apr 10, 2020, 4:00AM MST

All mail election debate gets new life, spurred by virus

[caption id="attachment_133930" align="alignnone" width="620"] In this March 10, 2020, file photo, a King County Election worker collects ballots from a drop box in Seattle for the primary election in Washington State, where elections are all mail. In Arizona, where voters can ask for a mail-in ballot, Democrats and some Republican e[...]

Mar 13, 2020, 4:45PM MST

Court stops County Recorder from sending ballots to all voters for Tuesday election

[caption id="attachment_124897" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes speaks at a press conference on Sept. 12, 2018. (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)[/caption] A Superior Court judge has stopped Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes from sending ballots to all voters who aren’t on[...]

Mar 13, 2020, 4:00AM MST

Virus impact spreads to elections, campaigning

[caption id="attachment_133537" align="alignnone" width="620"] A woman uses hand sanitizer after voting in the presidential primary election at the Summit View Church of the Nazarene March 10, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The polling place served two precincts as voters who were scheduled to vote at a nearby senior living facility were [...]

Mar 9, 2020, 2:20PM MST

Voting – if you can – in the 21st Century

It’s been quite a century for America so far, don’t you think? We greeted the long awaited 21st century anticipating a digital meltdown (Y2K) that didn’t happen. We did not anticipate the horrific attack by four of our own airliners, controlled by terrorists. We then began our longest running war based on false assertion[...]

Dec 10, 2019, 5:04PM MST

Petersen’s attorney lobs ethics claim at County Attorney as he prepares for hearing on suspension

[caption id="attachment_131621" align="alignnone" width="620"] Suspended Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen (Maricopa County Assessor's Office via AP)[/caption] As suspended County Assessor Paul Petersen fends for his job in a hearing Wednesday, his attorney has leveled conflict-of-interest allegations against Maricopa County [...]

Nov 1, 2019, 5:00AM MST

Disabilities advocates push for better voting access

[caption id="attachment_131781" align="alignnone" width="620"] Renaldo Fowler (Photo by Andrew Niclas/Arizona Capitol Times)[/caption] All Teresa Moore wants is a fair shot at the fundamental right to vote. A Midwest native, Moore, who has cerebral palsy and relies on a wheelchair, moved to Arizona in the 1990s, became involved[...]

Sep 21, 2019, 6:05PM MST

Democrats reject opening up presidential primary to independents

[caption id="attachment_131098" align="alignnone" width="620"] Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes (right) confers with a party mate during the Arizona Democratic Party's state committee meeting on Sept. 21. Fontes argued for opening the party's presidential primary, a proposal the party rejected.[/caption] Arizona Democrats to[...]

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Court stops County Recorder from sending ballots to all voters for Tuesday election

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