secretary of state
Posted Mar 23, 2022, 6:07 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Every Arizona voter who casts a ballot would have their name and address published online by election officials under a proposal being backed by Republican legislators. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 3, 2022, 6:41 am
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates told a national panel Wednesday he has “great concerns about the future” of election integrity in Arizona, after threats following the 2020 election and as election deniers run for Secretary of State in 2022. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 25, 2022, 1:34 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs will temporarily shut down Arizona's online signature-gathering portal for candidates next month, despite a judge's refusal to preemptively block Attorney General Mark Brnovich from taking legal action against her for it.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 2:28 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Nail-biter elections that last two weeks after the polls close could be a thing of the past under a proposed measure that could be on the November ballot — with the trade-off that Arizonans will have fewer options for casting their votes.... Read more»
Posted Feb 3, 2022, 1:04 pm
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
While bipartisan panel of election officials preferred to look forward to the 2022 general elections, other voting rights advocates said officials cannot afford to ignore the ongoing threat posed by election deniers.... Read more»
Posted Jan 19, 2022, 7:14 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona redistricting commissioners spent several hours airing accusations and grievances over the recently concluded mapmaking process but unexpectedly adjourned without certifying the final congressional and legislative districts. ... Read more»
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Posted Jan 13, 2022, 10:41 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Legislative and congressional candidates won’t be able to use Arizona’s online system to collect the signatures they need to get their names on the ballot if they file to run using their new district numbers at all this year. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 5, 2022, 8:36 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona voters who want to sign online petitions and the candidates who need those signatures to get their names on the ballot this November are being thwarted by a glitch in the secretary of state’s system caused by the decennial redistricting process. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 30, 2021, 10:08 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
The fledgling Patriot Party skipped an appointment with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office to submit signatures so it can be recognized as an official party, meaning its candidates won’t be on the ballot in the 2022 election cycle, the first since its formation.... Read more»
Posted Nov 19, 2021, 3:02 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office announced that the referendum effort on Gov. Ducey’s tax cut package, signed into law earlier this year, gathered more than the 118,823 signatures needed to block the tax cuts from going into effect unless voters approve them next year. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 18, 2021, 11:29 am
Miriam Ordoñez
/Cronkite News
Con los cambios en las leyes de votación, las oficinas del Secretario de Estado de Arizona y el Registrador del Condado están enseñando a los votantes a registrarse y permanecer registrados para las elecciones de 2022.... Read more»
Posted Nov 18, 2021, 10:10 am
Miriam Ordoñez
/Cronkite News
Arizona election officials and other organizations that help register voters say that voters in the state should be aware of changes in voting laws if they want to stay registered to vote in 2022. ... Read more»
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Posted Oct 28, 2021, 10:49 am
Cody Copeland
/Courthouse News Service
The proposed "U.S.-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health, and Safe Communities," which, like the Mérida Initiative before, approaches the problems of drug trafficking, violence, and abuse on the basis of the countries’ "shared responsibility" for the problems.
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Posted Oct 27, 2021, 11:51 am
Ulysse Bex
/Cronkite News
It’s been almost a year since the 2020 elections, but Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs told a Senate panel Tuesday that it’s not over for her staff, who have been subject to “near constant harassment” from election deniers. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 19, 2021, 6:17 am
Ulysse Bex
/Cronkite News
Arizona politicians from both sides of the aisle praised former Secretary of State Colin Powell as a dedicated public servant who will inspire “generations of Americans,” but who also leaves behind a mixed legacy. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 13, 2021, 8:29 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
The all-mail elections underway across Arizona for school district bond and override issues, which raised concerns among several Republican political figures this week, have been permitted by state law for 30 years. ... Read more»