Elections
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The elected county recorder and the elections director in Arizona’s Yavapai County are resigning after more than a year and a half of threats and heated criticism from backers of former President Donald Trump who accept his lie that he lost the 2020 election because of fraud.
Jul. 2, 2022
The Maricopa County Elections Department is now offering bonuses to entice temporary election workers.
Jul. 1, 2022
The election date for Arizona’s primaries is about a month away, and the deadline to register to vote is quickly approaching.
Jun. 30, 2022
Results from a recent survey buck the conventional wisdom about election-year politicking and strategies that appeal to each party’s political base in Arizona.
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Jun. 29, 2022
A U.S. District Court has ruled in favor of Arizona voting rights groups, paving the way for a legal challenge to a 2021 state law that critics say limits voting rights.
Jun. 29, 2022
Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego said Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony should disturb every American.
Jun. 28, 2022
Major candidates for three key offices in 2022 have said they wouldn’t have certified the 2020 election results in Arizona. These offices — governor, secretary of state and attorney general — all play a role in affirming state election results. Here are GOP candidate statements on that front in this handy cheat sheet on election denialism.
Jun. 27, 2022
Early Saturday morning marked the end of the 2022 Arizona legislative session as a slew of bills were passed.
Jun. 25, 2022
The Center for the Future of Arizona is rolling out the Arizona Voters’ Agenda — a list of issues that a majority of voters strongly support ahead of the midterm elections. On Friday, it released the issues voters care about most concerning elections.
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Jun. 24, 2022
Ninety-three percent of likely Arizona voters support “increasing spending and measures to prevent forest fires on state land,” according to an April survey conducted by the Center for the Future of Arizona.
Jun. 22, 2022
The Scottsdale Police Department accepts campaign signs donated by candidates for use as target practice.
Jun. 20, 2022
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers is expected to testify at Tuesday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing. According to CNN, the testimony will focus on former President Donald Trump’s pressure of state officials to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.
Jun. 18, 2022
The Maricopa County board of supervisors Monday will hold a redistricting hearing at 1:30 p.m. Officials will present new maps for the county’s five supervisor districts and give the public an opportunity to comment on the proposals.
Jun. 18, 2022
Last week, a judge rejected the Arizona Republican Party’s request to block most mail ballots for the 2022 election. However, many older adults rely on early voting and voting by mail, especially in more rural parts of the state.
Jun. 14, 2022
Here are the candidates for Arizona's treasurer race in the 2022 midterms.
Jun. 8, 2022
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An Arizona judge is declining a request by the state Republican Party to block most mail ballots for the 2022 election, preserving the voting method used by the overwhelming majority of voters.
Jun. 6, 2022
A lawyer for the Arizona Republican Party and its firebrand leader, Kelli Ward, urged a judge Friday to invalidate Arizona's overwhelmingly popular system of mail-in voting, a process used by about 90% of voters.
Jun. 5, 2022
Recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas have renewed focus on talks of gun control ahead of the August midterm elections in Arizona. But polling shows Arizona voters also remain concerned about issues like education, abortion and the economy.
Jun. 5, 2022
Last November, voters in Scottsdale updated the city's general plan. One key element in it focuses on sustainability.
Jun. 3, 2022
Former President Donald Trump is endorsing investor Blake Masters in Arizona’s crowded Republican Senate primary.
Jun. 2, 2022
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