Stories tagged: "election integrity"


Voters arrive at a polling station with their ballots ready to be turned in on primary election day Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tuesday’s local elections offer low-level stress test for Arizona’s voting systems

With just under a year to Election Day 2024, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said it doesn't matter whether workers are new or old, they're all trained alike to ensure they feel comfortable and confident at the polls.

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9 Things to Know About Arizona’s New Budget for 2023-2024

The Copper Courier has compiled a list of the biggest budget items that could impact your day-to-day life.

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Election Deniers Upset That Nonprofits Legally Registered Arizonans To Vote

The presenter falsely claimed that organizations like Chicanos Por La Causa could register “multiple registrations on the same voter" and could change a voter's registration information, such as party affiliation.

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Republicans Skirt Responsibility After Invited Guests Make Wide-Ranging Bribery Allegations

Republicans raced to distance themselves from the claims after they caught fire over the weekend on social media, where accounts that routinely share unsubstantiated claims of election fraud covered them widely.

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Here Are the Bills Gov. Katie Hobbs Is Set to Veto

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ victory in November makes this the first legislative session in well over a decade in which Republicans can’t ship whatever bill they want for the governor to rubber stamp. 

FILE - In this April 19, 2018, file photo, Rivko Knox, of Phoenix, a volunteer with the League of Women Voters, collects signatures for a ballot measure on campaign financing outside a polling station in Glendale, Ariz. A lawsuit filed Tuesday, July 3, 2018, on Knox's behalf, seeks to overturn a 2016 law that bars groups in Arizona from collecting early mail-in ballots from voters and delivering them as part of get-out-the-vote efforts. Photo by Anita Snow, Associated Press
Election Deniers Lost Big in November. That Doesn’t Mean the Voting Rights Fight Is Over.

Opinion: Election deniers still have a stranglehold on our state legislature, and elderly voters are concerned about their efforts to increase barriers to the ballot box.

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Where Are They Now? A Look Back on Arizona’s Insurrectionist Lawmakers

They spent the last two years defending a violent attack on the US Capitol that they played a hand in. Here's where they’ve ended up, and what role they’ll take in shaping Arizona in 2023.