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Government - Misc Apr 30, 2018, 11:57AM MST

Fontes: Multistate database to ease, improve voting process

[caption id="attachment_116661" align="alignleft" width="330"] The "I voted sticker" is commonly given to voters across the U.S. after they cast their ballots. (Wikimedia Commons).[/caption] Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said April 27 that a new “master database of voters” should help Arizona and other states improve [...]

Recent news 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[...]

Recent news 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[...]

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AZ/DC 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 [...]

agencies 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[...]

Recent news 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[...]

Featured News Nov 5, 2024, 10:16PM MST

Volk leading in LD17 House race

Both incumbent Republicans in Legislative District 17’s state House race trail a Democrat early after Tuesday's initial election night results. Democrat Kevin Volk leads both Reps. Rachel Jones, R-Tucson; and Cory McGarr, R-Tucson, at approximately 8:45 p.m. Volk has received 38.54% of votes in the race while Jones has receiv[...]

Recent news Oct 7, 2024, 12:10PM MST

Donald Trump-backed SAVE Act elevates noncitizen voting claims, but experts say it’s rare

WASHINGTON – The threat of a government shutdown thrust noncitizen voting, a long-standing Arizona political flashpoint, into the national spotlight after House Speaker Mike Johnson paired the government funding package with a controversial election integrity bill. Backed by former President Donald Trump and four U.S. House repr[...]

courts Oct 1, 2024, 11:48AM MST

Despite federal court ruling, Arizona has power to ensure counties certify election results

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization covering local election integrity and voting access. Sign up for their newsletters  here. A federal judge has blocked an Arizona rule aimed at enforcing timely finalizing of election results, ruling that the state can’t simply exclude a county’s results if local officials there refuse[...]

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2024 Election News 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 [...]

2024 Election News 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[...]

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Top Stories 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 [...]

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