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Arizona Nonprofit Seeks to Make Primary Elections Nonpartisan
By Corinne Murdock | A new nonprofit, Save Democracy, wants to make primary elections nonpartisan through a forthcoming ballot initiative. They haven’t launched a formal campaign yet, but mentioned an aim to make the 2024 ballot. ...
Gilbert Councilman Under Investigation For Removing Candidate’s Campaign Signs
By Terri Jo Neff | With all the pre-election hype about possible violence at polling stations for Tuesday’s primary election, the most serious election day misconduct appears to have been a town councilman removing opposition campaign signs. AZ...
Flagstaff Approved “Sustainable,” “ADA” Compliant Library Entrance But Removed Handicap Parking
By Corinne Murdock | The Flagstaff City Council approved expenditures of over $1.1 million for what it said would improve Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance for the public library entrance — yet the majority of the project...
Maricopa County Issues Legal Warning to Candidate Advising Voters to Steal Election Pens
By Corinne Murdock | On Tuesday, Maricopa County sent a cease-and-desist letter to board of supervisors candidate Gail Golec for advising voters to steal election pens. The county gives voters a specific type of felt-tipped pen to fill...
Republican National Committee Contacts One Million Voters Ahead of Primary Election
By Corinne Murdock | A joint effort by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Arizona (AZGOP) resulted in engagement with one million voters this election cycle. That effort, “Arizona Victory,” relied on volunteers to...
Hard Drugs Top Marijuana For Busts Along Arizona Border
By Corinne Murdock | The amount of smuggled marijuana seized at the Arizona border dropped 91 percent so far this past fiscal year while seizures of other, harder drugs have increased. It appears from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) data that hard...
Pinal County Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Voting in 2020 Election
By Corinne Murdock | Last week, a Pinal County man pleaded guilty to falsely attesting to his felon status when registering to vote. It’s the latest case investigated and prosecuted by the attorney general office’s Election Integrity Unit...
Fatal Crash During Human Smuggling Effort Comes Same Day D.C. Mayor Begs For Troops In Her City
By Terri Jo Neff | The same day the Washington, D.C. mayor pleaded for National Guard troops to handle the “crisis” her city is experiencing from undocumented migrants, a fatal vehicle accident near Interstate 10 in Benson shut down one of...
DHS to Close Border Gaps After Environmental Stewardship Review; May Take Over a Year
By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would close preexisting border wall gaps, but only after ensuring environmental stewardship. This is continuation of a departmental practice dating...
Public Has Chance To Learn About Proposed Solar Project On BLM Land Near Safford
By Terri Jo Neff | An application to utilize roughly 10,000 acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) near Safford for a solar energy project will be the subject of a virtual public information forum later this month. A...
Governor Ducey Notes Irony in DC Mayor’s Concern Over 4K Migrants In Her City
By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey criticized Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for National Guard troops to mitigate about 4,000 migrants in her city, noting that Arizona bears a far greater burden and that her party...
Maricopa County Abandons Sharpies to Improve Tabulation Machines’ Ballot Processing
By Corinne Murdock | The Maricopa County Elections Department will swap Sharpies for Pentel felt-tipped pens to ensure that the ink dries fast enough for tabulation machines to process in-person votes....
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