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Kari Lake fails, again, to convince a court that she’s the rightful AZ ...
WEBBy: Caitlin Sievers - June 12, 2024 2:48 pm. Scottsdale attorney Bryan Blehm (right) represents Kari Lake (left) in her lawsuit aiming to overturn her loss in the 2022 election. Screenshot via AZ Courts. Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake has lost yet another appeal in her effort to overturn the 2022 election for Arizona governor.
SCOTUS: Arizona may require proof of citizenship on state voter …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · State law requires people to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, which voters approved as Proposition 200 in 2004. But the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires states to accept federal voter registration forms, which don’t have a proof-of-citizenship requirement, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that Arizona can’t reject those forms, despite the ...
AG Kris Mayes: AZ Supreme Court ruling to ban abortion ‘changes …
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is standing firm in her vow to protect those seeking or providing abortions following the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a near-total ban on abortions in Arizona.. Mayes, along with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and other Democratic officials, spoke out against the court ruling at a press conference today held jointly by the Biden-Harris Campaign ...
AZ school voucher enrollment exceeds budget estimate
WEBOct 11, 2023 · A public education advocate holds a sign protesting universal school vouchers, which were created in 2022 and have ballooned in cost from an estimated $33 million to more than $300 million this year. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona Mirror. Enrollment in Arizona’s school voucher program has officially surpassed the number accounted for ...
Who are the five unindicted co-conspirators in Arizona's fake …
WEBApr 25, 2024 · The unindicted co-conspirator is likely former state Sen. Kelly Townsend who spread numerous false claims surrounding the 2020 election, including that ballots had been flown in from South Korea. The indictment mentions that former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and Townsend spoke to “the …
In Arizona, a court ruling narrows the path for registering to vote ...
WEBJul 18, 2024 · Under a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the state must permit voters who registered without citizenship proof to cast ballots in federal elections, so Arizona has maintained separate rolls of so-called federal-only voters. Thursday’s decision, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, granted a partial stay of a lower-court ruling that struck ...
Amish Shah wins crowded Democratic race for Arizona’s First ...
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Former state Rep. Amish Shah is the victor in a packed primary for U.S. representative in Arizona’s First Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race for Shah, a medical doctor, on Thursday evening after he’d garnered almost 24% of votes, about three percentage points ahead of his next-closest contender, Andrei Cherny.
Abortion rights will be on the AZ ballot after Supreme Court …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Photo by Jim Small | Arizona Mirror. Arizona voters will have the final say on whether abortion should be a right in the Grand Canyon State in November after the Arizona Supreme Court shot down a last-chance attempt from abortion foes to prevent the question from appearing on the ballot. Dawn Penich, a …
The case against Backpage finally reaches trial — again - Arizona …
WEBAug 31, 2023 · Dan Hyer, former sales and marketing director for Backpage, pleaded guilty in 2018 to one count of conspiracy, a class 5 felony with a maximum sentence of five years. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in late September. The other defendants appeared before a magistrate judge on Aug. 18 to confirm their denials of similar plea deals offered to ...