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An ultraconservative former lawmaker is now a top election official in rural Arizona
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1327+ words) Supervisors in Navajo County had narrowed their pool to three finalists by the time they met to appoint a new recorder. One, Jose Lerma, was a voter registration coordinator in the recorder's office and familiar with the elections side of…...
The feds are going after the nation's biggest election battleground. Is this election official helping?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1049+ words) New records show a top Maricopa County official directly corresponded with the U. S. Department of Justice last year about election records and litigation as the department sought to obtain Arizona's voter roll and probe the county's past elections. The emails, obtained…...
These tribal voters have often seen their ballots rejected. A new voting model could fix it.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (931+ words) After years of lobbying by tribal officials, Apache County will move to a new voting model for the upcoming midterm election, a shift expected to reduce the number of tribal voters" ballots rejected because they were cast in the wrong…...
Faster election results in Arizona? Maybe, if voters use this new option.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1376+ words) Alexandra Flahive approached the "polling place" with a mail ballot in hand. But upon entering, she opted not to drop it off and have the signature on its envelope checked, as hundreds of thousands of Arizonans typically do on Election…...
False electors" in Michigan won't face trail after AG decides not to appeal
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (527+ words) Michigan's so-called "false electors" case is over after Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Monday she would not appeal a judge's decision to dismiss the charges faced by 16 individuals who signed documents attempting to certify Michigan's slate of electors for Donald…...
This Arizona county defied election laws in 2022. Will it do so again?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (914+ words) Four years after a conservative southeastern Arizona county tried to defy election laws, it may be gearing up to do so again. The Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted on Feb. 24 to send a letter to Director of National Intelligence…...
Help wanted: New election official for rural Arizona county. Must be a Republican.
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (924+ words) Navajo County Recorder Tim Jordan was done fighting. He'd served as one of the county's top election officials for a year " and spent most of that time wrapped up in a legal fight after being indicted on criminal charges connected…...
Kristi Noem's last-minute visit to Arizona stokes speculation among election officials
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (586+ words) The announcement that Noem was planning to hold a press conference about "election security" at an undisclosed location in Maricopa County sparked rumors, ultimately baseless, about the purpose of her visit and whether it signaled an election investigation. Her press…...
Arizona county suspends 1, 100 voter registrations over citizenship proof error
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (1016+ words) Thousands of voters in Maricopa County caught up in a state record-keeping error won't yet lose their voting rights for not providing proof of citizenship, county officials now say. But Pinal County has suspended more than a thousand voters affected…...
Some Arizona voters affected by state error could still see rights curtailed
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (889+ words) Thousands of Arizona voters caught up in a state record-keeping error will lose at least some voting rights if they don't prove their citizenship, despite a recent opinion from the state attorney general saying they should remain fully eligible to…...