PHOENIX — A judge has rejected claims by a conservative legal group that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes of trying to mislead voters and get them to reject a Republican-crafted ballot measure that seeks to make several major changes in state election laws.
In a new ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Adele Ponce said Arizona law requires the secretary to prepare language that appears on each ballot explaining the effects it would have if approved. And the judge acknowledged Fontes did not mention each and every provision in the explanation of Proposition 144.
But she said the secretary did not break the law.
