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Feb 7, 2018, 1:38PM MST

Voting illustration causes confusion in CD8 special election

A generic illustration demonstrating how to fill out election ballots will be redesigned after it caused confusion among some voters in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Ballots for the Feb. 27 special primary election in CD8 were sent to voters along with the illustration printed on a separate pamphlet. It instructs vo[...]

Nov 1, 2017, 3:26PM MST

Maricopa County's recorder apologizes for his online tirade

[caption id="attachment_100517" align="alignleft" width="300"] Adrian Fontes[/caption] Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes has apologized about his inflammatory online comments to a candidate for the Arizona Legislature who had criticized the design of election ballots. In a five-minute video on his Facebook page on Wednesda[...]

Aug 4, 2017, 4:10AM MST

6 Arizonans object to Trump’s voter fraud panel, cancel their registration

At least six Arizonans from the state’s two biggest counties have canceled their voter registration following a request by President Trump’s voter fraud commission for data. The voters, who are from Pima and Maricopa counties, directly cited efforts of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity to obtain voter [...]

Jul 3, 2017, 6:06PM MST

Reagan denies Trump commission’s request for voter data

Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan will not turn over voter data to the Trump administration, arguing that to do so is not in the state’s best interest. “We can’t see why turning over any of this information is going to help,” Reagan told the Arizona Capitol Times. She said the request would also create a major c[...]

Feb 20, 2017, 11:05AM MST

Arizona voting rights advocates see little change, but hope for future

[caption id="attachment_100393" align="alignnone" width="620"] Some voters waited in line for hours in last year's presidential preference election. (Photo by AP).[/caption] Arizona may have made headlines in 2016 when voters waited up to five hours just to cast a ballot in the presidential preference election, but voting rights a[...]

Aug 23, 2024, 6:40AM MST

Open primaries ballot measure still in limbo

The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ordered counties to put a measure on the ballot to let voters decide whether they want to scrap partisan primaries. Whether people will be able to vote for or against it, and whether those votes will count, however, remains a separate legal question. In a 10-page order, the justices agreed [...]

Aug 13, 2024, 2:26PM MST

Right-to-life group files arguments against abortion ballot measure with Supreme Court

Rebuffed by a trial judge, Arizona Right to Life is trying to convince the state Supreme Court to block voters from deciding whether to put a right to abortion in the state Constitution. In new legal briefs, attorney Jennifer Wright contends that some of the more than 820,000 people who signed the petition to put Proposition 139 o[...]

Jul 31, 2024, 4:17AM MST

Former vice mayor takes lead in CD3

Former Phoenix vice mayor Yassamin Ansari leads former Senate minority leader and Arizona Democratic Party chair Raquel Terán by 4.5 percentage points in the race for a House seat in Congressional District 3, a deep blue district covering central Phoenix. The two were separated initially by about 1,400 votes at the initial, giving [...]

Jul 22, 2024, 11:09PM MST

Attorneys argue whether to change how appellate judges are elected

A bid by the Goldwater Institute to change how judges on the Court of Appeals are elected drew a skeptical response Monday from a trial judge who is hearing the case. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz acknowledged that the current system means that only residents of certain counties get to decide on whether appell[...]

Jul 18, 2024, 1:43PM MST

Conservative group targets non-citizens on voter rolls

A group headed by a former Trump adviser is threatening to sue the state's 15 counties if they don't try to check on whether there are non-citizens on their voter registration rolls. In a letter to each of the 15 county recorders, James Rogers, senior counsel for America First Legal Foundation, is demanding they each request the Dep[...]

Jun 14, 2024, 11:40AM MST

Court upholds legal fees penalty for former SOS candidate

Mark Finchem and his attorney can't escape a court order that they pay more than $47,000 in legal fees in his unsuccessful attempt to overturn his 2022 loss in the race for secretary of state. In a ruling Thursday, the state Court of Appeals said a trial judge got it right when she ruled that it was clear that the lawsuit he filed w[...]

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