After being ordered to do so by a judge just 90 minutes earlier, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday afternoon to certify its election results - though Peggy Judd remained defiant as she voted to canvass the election and Tom Crosby refused to attend. Read more» 
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A federal judge who last week denied an injunction in one of the cases against Arizona drop box monitoring groups has issued a temporary restraining order against the group - saying new evidence presented in a separate lawsuit was compelling enough to justify a restraining order. Read more»
Groups that help Arizona voters are concerned that, if efforts by conspiracy theorists and extremists continue at drop boxes, they’ll have to shift focus — and, for the first time ever, tell voters to not vote in certain ways. Read more»
A federal judge could rule as early as Friday on a request to ban groups that have been monitoring Arizona ballot drop boxes, in response to voters who testified Wednesday to feeling intimidated as they cast their ballots. Read more»
A federal lawsuit is aiming to stop extremist groups from surveilling dropboxes in Maricopa and Yavapai and counties - joining an already existing legal challenge from Arizona activists - accusing the groups of violating the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. Read more»
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone said he plans to step up security at voting locations in the run-up to Election Day, following more reports of individuals – in some cases armed – filming and tailing voters at Arizona ballot drop boxes. Read more»
Retirees in Arizona struggle to divide monthly social security payments of $1,667 between rent, food and healthcare bills. Provisions in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act seek to ease some of that budget strain by introducing caps on rapidly rising Medicare costs. Read more»
Voting advocacy groups sued Arizona to block a new law that could criminalize volunteers or organizations who provide registration or voter assistance to individuals registered to vote outside the state. Read more»
With much of Arizona enduring another string of excessive heat warnings, advocates joined state Sen. Lela Alston to urge U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly to support President Joe Biden’s efforts to “address increasingly frequent and extreme weather affecting Arizonans.” Read more»
Social Security and Medicare will be there for those who need them now and for future generations as well, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva told a group of senior citizens Thursday. Read more» 2
