Democratic lawmakers say allowing voters to register and cast ballots on the same day would increase election participation, but some county officials worry that it would further complicate the voting process.... Read more»
Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez, talk show host Emil Franzi, Ward 2 Tucson City Councilman Paul Cunningham, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and Arizona Capitol Times Editor Jim Small.... Read more»
Interviews with Elaine Richardson, the Democratic candidate for Pima County treasurer, plus Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez, the Democratic incumbent, and Tucsoncitizen.com’s Mark B. Evans.... Read more»
The deadline to register to vote in November’s federal and state election is midnight on Tuesday. Voters can register or update their info online, and the Pima County Recorder will conduct curbside registration until 10 p.m.... Read more»
Concern that too many Latinos aren’t engaging in the political process has two groups trying to bring the political process to them. The Voter Participation Center and Voto Latino announced Thursday that they are mailing more than 100,000 registration applications this week to eligible Arizona citizens.... Read more»1
Arizona likely will experience a dramatic shift in the state’s political landscape over the next decades due to the large number of younger Latinos coming of voter age.... Read more»1
A mobile app released by the Obama campaign maps nearby Democratic households for canvassers, but has raised privacy concerns.... Read more»
The deadline to register to vote in the August primary election is midnight on Monday. Despite the Supreme Court’s denial of an appeal, state officials are still requiring proof of citizenship from potential voters.... Read more»
State Rep. Steve Farley, Attorney General Tom Horne, and TucsonSentinel.com Editor Dylan Smith broke down this week’s Supreme Court rulings on SB 1070, health care reform, and Arizona’s attempt to require citizenship papers to register to vote.... Read more»
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for a lower court ruling that would stop Arizona election officials from rejecting voter registration forms that do not have evidence of citizenship.... Read more»2
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered Florida to halt its effort to purge noncitizens from the voter rolls. The Justice Department says that Florida’s effort appears to violate both the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities, and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, which governs voter purges.... Read more»
Is a push to remove supposed “non-citizens” from Florida’s voter rolls a political gambit? Most of those at risk of being removed from lists of registered voters are Hispanics, Democrats and independents.... Read more»
Midnight is the deadline to register to vote in the CD8 special election on June 12 that will decide who fills the seat left vacant by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.... Read more»1
The deadline to register to vote in the special primary election for Congressional District 8 is midnight Monday.... Read more»1
Monday is the deadline to register to vote in Arizona’s Republican and Green Party presidential primaries, which are set for Feb. 28. Early voting begins Feb. 2.... Read more»1
The number of registered voters in Arizona fell by 46,000 since July, as county registrars removed inactive voters from the rolls. Nearly twice as many Democrats as Republicans were purged from the voter lists.... Read more»
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