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Saguaro Signal desk
Campaigns, election administration, polling, and the road to November.
Elections
Controversy erupts after GOP Candidate Anderson’s Military Record comes to light
Elections
Controversy erupts after GOP Candidate Anderson’s Military Record comes to light
Elections
Cronkite News details fires and invasive grasses wiping out saguaros and the wildlife they support.
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Following a string of special election victories, Democrats have a path to flip several Republican-held legislative chambers and break GOP supermajorities in states across the country this November. High prices and overall voter dissatisfaction with Washington have put control of the U.S. House and Senate in play...
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Arizona Mirror reporting says Risa Lombardo's publicly financed Green Party bid sent 78% of its funds to a Nevada company formed 13 days before it was paid, a pattern the outlet says could trigger major legal trouble.
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If Maricopa County's election dispute is over "on paper," as reported, the next step is simple: release the agreement and the full bill, litigation and compliance, scored in dollars per ballot, with targets tied to measurable results.
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Officials in one of the nation’s biggest swing counties huddled in separate, windowless jury chambers at a courthouse Monday. Outside, a summer monsoon storm unleashed dust, wind, rain, and lightning over Phoenix. Inside, long after business hours, a local judge hurried back and forth, carrying proposed terms from...
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With Prop. 314 set to take effect this week, the ACLU has asked a federal court to stop it. Voters approved the measure, but without clear protocols and public reporting, Arizona risks confusion and uneven enforcement on day one.
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Trump removed all three remaining members of the federal election commission, disabling the agency as his administration seeks to reshape voting rules. Arizona now needs dates, documents, and contingency plans, not slogans.
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A report says LD10 Republican candidate Ciara Anderson touted ?Air Force veteran? status while not clearly disclosing a military conviction, four months of confinement, a rank reduction, and a bad conduct discharge.
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The racist attacks targeting Arizona Republicans Kimberly Yee and Quang Nguyen are among the ugliest moments of this year’s Arizona primary. They’re also entirely predictable. Yee is the state treasurer and Chinese American. Rep. Nguyen, who’s seeking re-election, is Vietnamese. Both are conservative Republicans,...
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Risa Lombardo, a former local GOP official who is accused of being a sham Green Party candidate for Arizona governor, spent 78% of her public campaign funding to pay a single Nevada business that was created 13 days before her first payment to it. And those payments could constitute major violations of Arizona’s...
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An Arizona law that would empower local police officers and state judges to arrest and deport people who cross the state’s southern border without authorization is set to go into effect in just four days. An immigrant rights legal group is suing to prevent that from happening. In 2024, 61% of voters cast their...
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The LD10 candidate disputes responsibility for veteran references in voter guides. Rep. Walt Blackman says allegations should be fairly investigated.
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Bad Conduct Discharge, confinement, and reduction in rank raise questions about Anderson’s portrayal of her military service, while critics invoke Arizona’s Stolen Valor law.
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As President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has said it plans to send election monitors to Arizona and other swing states, community organizers are focusing on training hundreds of locals on how to be election observers — with an emphasis on what to do if the National Guard or immigration agents arrive at the...
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a provision in Arizona’s elections rulebook that prohibits people at polling places from “wearing clothing, uniforms or official-looking apparel intended to deter, intimidate, or harass voters.” Judge Michael Liburdi’s ruling came fewer than two weeks before the Grand Canyon...
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President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules. The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and...
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Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out of Maine’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, two days after an accusation of sexual assault tanked support from his party. “This is incredibly difficult because I know that some will think it’s an admission of guilt, and it most certainly is not,” Platner said in an 11...
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Ruling vacates Appeals Court’s stay; reinstates Superior Court injunction
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AZ’s most prominent election voices will gather in Apache Junction on July 14, 2026
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The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap in the ongoing fight between him and the county board of supervisors over election duties. In a unanimous order, the state’s highest court vacated a June ruling from the Arizona Court of Appeals, and reinstated injunctions put in...
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday sent a letter to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office threatening to prosecute election officials who knowingly count the ballots of noncitizens or keep them on the voter rolls. A near-identical letter was sent to more than a dozen other states on Tuesday, ranging from...
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A quarter millennium after its founding, the United States faces a stark choice that will define its future. In the years ahead, the country can continue to follow the path blazed by President Donald Trump, who is attempting to bring states under the authority of a more powerful federal government led by him. Or it […]
