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Campaigns, election administration, polling, and the road to November.
Elections
Props. 145 and 212 go down in the courts, for different reasons
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After a flurry of cases were decided Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court, the November ballot is set and voters will be deciding the fate of eight different ballot measures. One result of the expedited appeals that the high court decided this week is that voters won’t have any direct say over how Arizona’s...
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Arizona voters won’t get a chance to weigh in on proposed reforms to the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program this November. The post Protect Education Act fails to qualify for November ballot first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican-backed ballot referral that would amend the state’s constitution to make sweeping changes to how elections are conducted can remain on the November ballot. Critics had argued that Proposition 144, also known as the “Fast Accurate Secure Transparent Election...
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The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a package of proposed changes to Arizona election law may go before voters in November, rejecting opponents’ claims that the measure contained too many provisions. The post AZ Supreme Court keeps election law initiative on the ballot first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The Republican-led ballot referral designed to block any effort to regulate the state’s private school voucher system is officially dead, after the Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that it violates the state Constitution. Proposition 145 would have forbidden any voucher money from being taken from military...
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A year after bypassing CISA during a suspected Iranian breach, Arizona’s secretary of state says the agency can’t be trusted
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State Democratic officials are preparing for chaos at the polls this November, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on election security and pushes for more federal involvement in local voting. “We’re no longer talking about hypothetical situations,” said Nick Brown, Washington state’s Democratic attorney general,...
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A Trump-linked law firm should not get to rewrite a description of a Republican-backed ballot referral that would make sweeping changes to Arizona election laws, the Democratic secretary of state argued to the state’s highest court. America First Legal Foundation on Friday appealed a decision by a trial court...
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Whether voters this fall will get a chance to weigh in on a ballot measure to implement sweeping new restrictions on the state’s billion-dollar universal school voucher program hinges entirely on whether the Arizona Supreme Court buys an argument from the initiative’s backers that a trial court judge’s plan for...
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Tensions between state election officials and the Trump administration are rising as we head into the heart of the midterm election season. Frustrations boiled over on Monday during a rare election security call hosted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for state officials. During the call,...
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A law firm linked to President Donald Trump says that the Democratic Arizona Secretary of State’s description of a Republican ballot proposition that would make sweeping election changes is illegal, and wants the state’s highest court to order him to change it. Representing three voters who supported Proposition...
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A sworn complaint says Nick Myers and Kevin Thompson reused publicly funded 2022 signs in 2026 without the purchase Clean Elections rules require. Regulators will now decide if taxpayer-funded assets were redeployed offside.
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Will also investigate possible violations of Arizona campaign-finance rules
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A new Arizona Mirror report says Arizona's evenly split 6th District is weighing Rep. Juan Ciscomani's reelection against voter sentiment about Donald Trump and alleged fiscal impacts from Trump-era policies.
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The Arizona Supreme Court shot down a request from Republican lawmakers to preserve their summary of the voucher-regulating Protect Education Act in a voter education pamphlet, ruling that the description violates state law because it tries to sway voters against the initiative. The Protect Education Act, which...
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A morning of rules and receipts: Mendoza admits an improper homeowner tax credit, Heap risks $370,000 in Clean Elections funds, Fontes keeps his ballot language on a standing ruling, and Hobbs tags Biggs with a 23 percent tax he rejects.
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A judge has ruled on the signature challenge to the Protect Education Act, but it remains unclear whether the measure will qualify for the ballot. The post Protect Education Act ballot eligibility still uncertain after ruling first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A new Arizona Mirror column ties the Voting Rights Act anniversaries to a simple idea for this fall: neighbors, not noise, protect voting rights. Here is what that means for cities, counties, and civic groups.
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GOP lawmakers and parents urge the Arizona Supreme Court to restore a proposed constitutional amendment on protecting voucher funds for military families after a trial judge removed it from the ballot.
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CLEAR LAKE — Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona told Iowa Democrats Thursday their state plays a vital role in combating the “corruption” of President Donald Trump by helping decide control of Congress in 2026 through competitive elections for the U.S. Senate and House. Kelly, a former astronaut and naval officer,...
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After Myers publicly called for accountability over Ralph Heap’s campaign signs, a sworn complaint now puts Myers and Thompson’s own campaign signs under scrutiny.
