Elections
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In the latest OH Predictive Insights poll, the majority of Arizona voters support having a choice to receive their ballots in the mail. Many also support certain voting identification policies.
Mar. 22, 2022
The Arizona Senate Government Elections Committee passed a bill Monday that would require voting drop boxes to be monitored. Ballots cast at drop boxes that are not watched could not be counted by county recorders.
Mar. 22, 2022
A Republican lawmaker is finally going to get a chance to try to sell colleagues on his idea of killing early voting and requiring all ballots to be hand counted.
Mar. 20, 2022
A bill that would have gubernatorial candidates select a running mate recently passed through the Arizona Senate, and will be on the November ballot pending House approval.
Mar. 20, 2022
This week, Gov. Doug Ducey spoke out against the the Republican lawsuit to end early voting in Arizona, as well as the situation at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
Mar. 18, 2022
The Arizona Senate OK’d a bill that will give Maricopa County voters the chance to extend a transportation tax approved in 2004. The half-cent sales tax expiring in 2025 is used to fund road projects in Maricopa County.
Mar. 17, 2022
The county is looking for specific types of facilities in certain areas across the Valley.
Mar. 16, 2022
Some Arizona GOP lawmakers are trying to push through legislation that would make a picture of every ballot cast in most elections a public record.
Mar. 16, 2022
Fifty-year-old Jacob Zerkle of Bowie, Arizona, will be making his first court appearance today after being arrested in Tucson.
Mar. 16, 2022
Gov. Doug Ducey says he believes a lawsuit filed by the Republican Party to stop early voting is “ill conceived.” Even though Republicans passed a law in 1991 to allow everyone to request an early ballot, an attorney representing the party has argued the state constitution does not allow for it.
Mar. 16, 2022
A group of election reform proposals have failed to pass the Arizona Senate on Monday. Among the proposals was a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to misplace ballots and one that would give election workers unique passwords to log into machines.
Mar. 15, 2022
It’s another week, and another series of election-related bills for lawmakers to debate at the state Capitol.
Mar. 14, 2022
An off-year election is typically a good one for the political party that isn’t in power at the highest levels. But Republic columnist Bob Robb wrote over the weekend that he believes that some Arizona Republicans are doing their best to make the GOP case more challenging — by filing a lawsuit to eliminate mail-in balloting in the state.
Mar. 14, 2022
The state's top election official is urging the state Supreme Court to reject a bid by the Arizona Republican Party to kill all early voting.
Mar. 12, 2022
Arizona state Sen. Kelly Townsend has abandoned her run for Congress, and will instead challenge fellow Republican Wendy Rogers for reelection. Plus, a series of election-related bills were defeated this week at the state Capitol.
Mar. 11, 2022
The Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that requires voters to provide satisfactory evidence of U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot. It also requires proof of residency within the state.
Mar. 11, 2022
The Arizona Senate voted down a plan to require the state auditor general to conduct an exhaustive review following every election.
Mar. 10, 2022
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Three seats were up for grabs in Tempe’s City Council election on Tuesday. Unofficial early results show Arlene Chin, Berdetta Hodge and incumbent Jennifer Adams are in the lead.
Mar. 9, 2022
Arizona’s Secretary of State race has been generating a lot of interest — and money.
Mar. 8, 2022
Expecting an increased interest in in-person voting and citing population growth, the Maricopa County Elections Department is looking for more voting locations for this year’s elections.
Mar. 8, 2022
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