Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have resumed their efforts to make significant changes to the state’s election processes — largely motivated by unfounded claims of fraud — even after Donald Trump won the presidential race and the GOP strengthened its majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.
After Kari Lake lost her U.S. Senate race in November, some skeptics cried election fraud. They doubted that so many people who voted for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who carried Arizona,
Rudy Giuliani had asked for the case to be moved to Pinal County. He argued the "entire bench" of Maricopa County could not be fair and impartial.
Since 1890, The Arizona Republic has written the news of Arizona, from its rough and dusty territorial days to its current status as a national hub of semiconductor manufacturing and national political bellwether.
A former Arizona election official says he has PTSD from 2020 threats. Despite a peaceful transfer of power this year, Bill Gates still has concerns going forward.
That explains why Arizona law requires rotation of names on primary election ballots, said Democrats' attorney Sarah Gonski. She urged U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa to extend that rotation to general elections. The judge declined, and the DNC had no better luck going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawmakers on the state and county levels are looking for ways to speed things up and improve security in future elections.
There have been many calls about fixing Arizona elections infrastructure after the lengthy count time following the Nov. 5, 2024 election.
An appeals court rejected an Arizona official’s argument that felony charges against him for delaying certification of his rural county’s 2022 election results should be dismissed because he has legislative immunity.
Opposition to the Taser company's $1.3 billion plan for a new headquarters in Scottsdale threatens to push Axon out of Arizona after decades.
Arizona’s Senate Republicans say they’re unified behind an ambitious plan for the 2025 legislative session that begins next week, aiming to pass laws on border security, water rights, quicker election results and battling “wokeness” in public schools.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said, 'Any attempt to interfere with elections in Arizona will not be tolerated.' We'll see.