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Jun 24, 2019, 4:20AM MST

Discontent with 2018 election brings slate of new voting laws

[caption id="attachment_125981" align="alignnone" width="620"] A worker prepares volunteers to verify ballots at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)[/caption] Amid lingering frustrations over the 2018 election – with Republican accusations that a Democrat in charg[...]

Dec 3, 2018, 1:46PM MST

AG suggests measured words when making allegations of fraud in election

[caption id="attachment_126341" align="alignnone" width="620"] From left, Secretary of State Michele Reagan and Gov. Doug Ducey sign the formal certification of election results Monday as Attorney General Mark Brnovich, required to be there as a witness, observes. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)[/caption] Attorney[...]

Dec 3, 2018, 4:00AM MST

The Breakdown: Not backing down

https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2019/04/The-Breakdown-Not-backing-down.mp3 [caption id="attachment_126036" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr)[/caption] Republicans still hold the majority at the Legislature and significant posts at the state level, and they're not afraid to exercise that p[...]

Nov 30, 2018, 4:00AM MST

Political storms ahead for Dem elections head in red state

[caption id="attachment_126245" align="alignnone" width="620"] Katie Hobbs[/caption] As the first Democrat to be elected as recorder in Maricopa County in decades, Adrian Fontes has also served as a punching bag for Republicans, for reasons both legitimate and political. Now imagine what they’ll say about Katie Hobbs. Newl[...]

Nov 23, 2018, 8:06AM MST

Slow vote count spurs talk of changes in election laws

[caption id="attachment_126144" align="alignnone" width="620"] A worker carries ballots to be verified at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)[/caption] Arizona’s prolonged vote count has borne a batch of proposed law changes designed to speed up the process and [...]

Nov 19, 2018, 2:33PM MST

Incoming SOS Katie Hobbs to ‘take the politics out of the office’

[caption id="attachment_126104" align="alignnone" width="620"] Katie Hobbs (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr)[/caption] Secretary of State-elect Katie Hobbs will push to take the politics out of Arizona’s elections office. Vowing not to endorse candidates, ballot measures or limit herself to Democratic speaking engagements, the[...]

Nov 15, 2018, 6:22PM MST

Hobbs is poised to become secretary of state

[caption id="attachment_125735" align="alignnone" width="620"] Katie Hobbs and Steve Gaynor[/caption] Katie Hobbs is going to be Arizona’s next secretary of state – and a heartbeat away from governor – absent a sudden and unlikely last-minute burst of votes from Maricopa County favoring Steve Gaynor, her Republican opponent. [...]

Nov 14, 2018, 6:39PM MST

Glassman concedes, Hobbs still leads

[caption id="attachment_122625" align="alignnone" width="620"] Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs (D-Phoenix) (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)[/caption] Republican Justin Olson will be taking the second open spot on the Arizona Corporation Commission. New vote tallies Wednesday evening put Olson 4,422 votes ahead[...]

Nov 13, 2018, 5:57PM MST

Kennedy’s lead grows in Corp Comm race

[caption id="attachment_126021" align="alignleft" width="214"] Sandra Kennedy[/caption] The latest votes counted appear to put Democrat Sandra Kennedy close to being able to reclaim a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission. But there still are enough uncounted ballots out there to leave the race for secretary of state up in[...]

Nov 11, 2018, 6:49PM MST

Hobbs within striking distance as vote count nears end

[caption id="attachment_125735" align="alignnone" width="620"] Katie Hobbs and Steve Gaynor[/caption] New election returns Sunday put Democrat Katie Hobbs in striking distance in the race for secretary of state. Late updated totals from the Secretary of State's Office give Hobbs 1,057,229 votes. That's enough to put her within [...]

Nov 10, 2018, 7:53PM MST

New tally expands Sinema’s lead over McSally in U.S. Senate race

[caption id="attachment_124736" align="alignnone" width="620"] U.S. Reps. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally[/caption] Unless the trend in election returns shift – and soon – Arizona will get its first Democrat in the U.S. Senate in decades. Meanwhile, the state Republican Party may be laying the groundwork for a legal chall[...]

Nov 9, 2018, 5:31PM MST

Republicans settle lawsuit over vote counting

[caption id="attachment_125981" align="alignnone" width="620"] A worker prepares volunteers to verify ballots at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Phoenix. There are several races too close to call in Arizona, especially the Senate race between Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema and Republican candidat[...]

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