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Election conspiracy groups paid $5.7M for Ariz. ‘audit,’ includes link to Mich. AG candidate
After months of questions, the leader of the Arizona Senate’s election review released a list of financial contributors, showing the self-styled audit has been funded by organizations that have aggressively promoted baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election — and in some cases sought to overturn results. Five groups were responsible for providing more than […]
Supreme Court upholds Arizona law in setback for voting rights
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s ban on third-party ballot collections, reversing the 9th Circuit’s ruling last year that the prohibition violated the Voting Rights Act and raising the bar on future voting rights lawsuits. In a 6-3 opinion, the high court ruled on Thursday that Arizona’s 2016 law doesn’t violate Section 2 of the Voting […]
Trump wanted Supreme Court to order new election in Arizona, Michigan and other states
Documents obtained by the U.S. House Oversight Committee showed that former President Donald Trump wanted his Justice Department to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to order a half dozen states, including Arizona, to hold new presidential elections and to bar them from casting their electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden. On Dec. 29, Trump assistant […]
Arizona Senate hires ‘expert witness’ in Antrim County fraud suit to lead 2020 election audit
The audit team that Arizona Senate President Karen Fann selected to examine the 2020 general election in Maricopa County will be led by a company owned by an advocate of the “Stop the Steal” movement who repeatedly alleged on social media that the election was rigged against former President Donald Trump. Fann announced on Wednesday […]
Arizona Senate taps firm for voting audit that did discredited Michigan election report
Republican Arizona Senate President Karen Fann has chosen a firm that produced a widely discredited report on voting in Michigan, and which includes a Trump campaign associate with a well-documented history of spreading false and baseless claims about the 2020 election, to conduct an audit of the election in Maricopa County, according to records obtained […]
Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act opened floodgates for new restrictions
It hadn’t even been a day since the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled one of the pillars of voting rights in America, and North Carolina lawmakers weren’t wasting any time. Republican legislators had been contemplating a bill that would require photo identification to vote. The bill had plenty of support, but it had spent the past […]
After Trump attacks Benson, Arizona SOS touts plan to mail voter applications
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is standing with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson after President Trump blasted her twice on Twitter Wednesday over mail-in voting. Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from Michigan over a plan to give every voter in the state an opportunity to vote by mail in this year’s elections […]
Court says Arizona company doesn’t have to make invitations for same-sex weddings
A divided Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that the city of Phoenix’s non-discrimination ordinance can’t force a Christian-owned company to create custom invitations for same-sex weddings. In a 4-3 opinion that reversed the rulings of the lower courts, the justices said requiring Brush and Nib Studio to make invitations for same-sex weddings would infringe on their free […]