The Arizona Secretary of State, Katie Hobbs, emailed a letter to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, asking him to conduct a criminal investigation into Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, both Republicans.
Cochise County has ended its stalemate with the state over the 2022 election certification by voting 2-0 to the canvass the election as required by state law. Supervisor Tom Crosby failed to show up for the vote.
The California Democrat, who rose to become the nation’s first woman to wield the speaker’s gavel, said she would remain in Congress as the representative from San Francisco.
The two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own elections director to force her to conduct a greatly expanded hand count of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election.
Those in favor say it gives thousands of Arizona teenagers more of an opportunity to make a difference. Those against it say it’s prioritizing those that aren’t here legally.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Former President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block a subpoena requiring him to testify.
“There is some uncertainly on how the legislature is going to look at this point,” said Doug Cole, the COO of AZ Highground, Inc., a political consulting firm in Phoenix.
The Arizona Attorney General’s office sent a cease and desist letter to RideShare2Vote, claiming the organization violates an Arizona law, inducing voters to vote for a particular candidate.
Generally, in a midterm election in Arizona, picking winners and losers is fairly simple. The Republicans hold a structural advantage, an advantage in registration and an advantage in enthusiasm.
Republican nominee, Kari Lake, and Democratic nominee, Katie Hobbs were out all weekend trying to encourage people to vote and secure more votes for their campaign.
“The question is, will young Latino voters come out and vote? Because that actually is what probably will determine whether we’re going over the top or not,” said Ruben Gallego, a Democrat congressman in Phoenix.
With the first ad from her anti-Donald Trump political action committee, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., attacked two Trump-endorsed Republican candidates in Arizona as being election deniers.
After weeks of reassuring talk about America’s economy and inflation, President Joe Biden turned Wednesday night to a darker, more urgent message, warning in the final days of midterm election voting that democracy itself is under threat from former President Donald Trump’s election-denying lies and the violence he said they inspire.
The temporary restraining order said watchers can't intentionally go within 75 feet of a drop box or openly carry or wear body armor within 250 feet of the drop box.
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