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Paperwork filed to create open primaries in Arizona

9/19/2023
PHOENIX — Arizonans may get the chance to scrap the historic system by which nominees for public office are chosen, a move that, if successful, could reshape the state Legislature and congressional delegation.

Finchem drops bid to overturn 2022 Secretary of State …

8/1/2023
PHOENIX — Concluding there’s probably no legal path to victory, Mark Finchem is dropping his bid to overturn the 2022 race for secretary of state.

Arizona Senate votes to remove Secretary of State from …

4/4/2023
PHOENIX — The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate voted Tuesday to require that the state’s top election official not participate in overseeing elections in which he or she is on the ballot — leaving the proposal one vote away from heading to Democratic governor and former secretary of state Katie Hobbs’ desk.

Event in Peoria to bring awareness to Down syndrome

3/14/2023
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes presented GiGi’s Playhouse Phoenix with an official proclamation at their 8th anniversary that declares March 21 as World Down Syndrome Day in Arizona.

Fontes visits Florence

3/9/2023
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes visited the town of Florence on Wednesday, March 8. Fontes met with Vice-Mayor Johnie Mendoza, town clerk staff and new Town Manager Russ Martin to discuss …

Arizona Secretary of State: Fontes leads Finchem

11/8/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona voters were rejecting Republican election denier Mark Finchem for secretary of state in favor of Democrat Adrian Fontes early Wednesday morning With 91% of precincts …

Learn more about the Active Early Voting List

7/7/2022
It is election season and time to review your voter information.

Group seeks to block accused insurrectionists from …

4/7/2022
PHOENIX — A national organization involved in election issues is moving to keep state Rep. Mark Finchem from running for secretary of state. Legal papers filed Thursday in Maricopa County …

Arizona Secretary of State suing AG over software …

2/8/2022
PHOENIX — Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is going to court to block Attorney General Mark Brnovich from taking action against her for the decision to temporarily take an online candidate …

Arizona Supreme Court: mask mandate ban, other laws …

11/2/2021
PHOENIX — Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court voided a ban on mask mandates in public schools and a host of other legislative changes, ruling it was illegal for lawmakers to pile them into a …

Hobbs: Wrong precinct should not invalidate ballots

9/9/2021
PHOENIX — Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is trying to do what the head of the Arizona Republican Party considers an end-run around a U.S. Supreme Court ruling about when votes can be …

Arizona ‘Ballot harvesting’ decision spins on …

3/2/2021
The question of whether Arizona gets to keep its ban on “ballot harvesting” could turn on what was in the mind of a now-ejected state legislator who first proposed the law and how that …