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Top Arizona GOP lawmakers challenge Election …

2/1/2024
PHOENIX — A new lawsuit against Secretary of State Adrian Fontes could end up affecting whether Arizonans will actually get a voice in the November presidential election.

Attorney who represented Finchem agrees to retire in …

1/11/2024
PHOENIX — An attorney who represented Mark Finchem in his ill-fated legal bid to overturn the 2022 race for secretary of state has agreed to retire — at least for now — as part of a deal to resolve a State Bar complaint against him how he handled that case.

Group wants judge to outlaw 'drop boxes' for early …

10/20/2023
PHOENIX — A group that backs additional restrictions on voting wants a judge to outlaw the use of “drop boxes” that can make it easier for some people to return their early ballots.

Hamadeh ordered to pay legal fees for unsuccessful …

10/17/2023
PHOENIX — Abe Hamadeh has been ordered to pay more than $42,000 in legal fees to Kris Mayes in his unsuccessful effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the results of the attorney general’s race.

Federal appeals court tosses out Lake, Finchem voting …

10/16/2023
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out claims by losing 2022 candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem that machines used to tabulate votes are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights.

Top elected Republican refuses to recognize …

9/27/2023
PHOENIX — The top elected Republican in Arizona is refusing to recognize the “executive deputy directors” named by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

Hobbs says no one has right to keep Trump off Arizona …

9/14/2023
MESA — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs said neither she — nor any other state official — has the unilateral right to keep Donald Trump off the ballot for the state’s presidential preference primary based on the 14th Amendment.

Lawsuit aims to toss law on who can vote for Arizona …

9/7/2023
PHOENIX — The current method of retaining and rejecting judges to the Arizona Court of Appeals is unconstitutional and should be struck down, according to a new lawsuit Wednesday by the Goldwater Institute.

Practice to verify signatures on early Arizona ballots …

9/7/2023
PHOENIX — A practice used by some, if not all, Arizona counties to verify signatures on early ballots may be illegal.

Arizona Republican Presidential primary will go on as …

9/1/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona Republicans will get to vote as usual in next year’s presidential preference election after the head of the state party rejected a demand from leaders of the Maricopa County GOP to cancel the state-run election and instead run the vote themselves.

Arizona Republican Party leader says canceling …

8/31/2023
PHOENIX — The leader of the Arizona Republican Party is telling members of the party’s executive committee that it may not be legally or logistically possible to hold a meeting this week to consider canceling the state-run presidential primary election.

Maricopa County Republican Committee wants in-person …

8/29/2023
PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Republican Committee wants the state GOP to cancel Arizona’s normal presidential preference election and instead hold its own vote — one that would not include any mail-in balloting and would require anyone who wants to vote to show up and vote in-person on Election Day.