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Elections · From the wire

Fontes urges high court to reject Trump-linked firm’s ballot rewrite bid for election reform measure

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...

Published by Arizona Mirror

August 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM MST

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