Lawsuit challenges Arizona’s ‘election day receipt’ law for early mail-in ballots

The Washington Post reports that a Democratic lawsuit challenging Arizona absentee ballot deadline cites Supreme Court ruling on Wisconsin primary: A Democratic lawsuit challenging Arizona’s absentee (early mail-in) ballot deadline is citing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling about the Wisconsin primary to support its case, arguing that the decision to allow absentee ballots to count … Read more

It is a Good Day to be a Democratic Senate Candidate like Mark Kelly

Notable Democrat Senate Challengers to Republican Incumbents fared well in the latest fundraising quarter. In Arizona, Captain Mark Kelly outraised Senator Martha McSally by almost five million dollars in the last quarter. That was bad for McSally because that was her best quarter fundraising so far and Kelly still crushed her in the money game. … Read more

The ‘Coronavirus Denier’ movement has begun, and it poses a public health threat

The modern conservative movement is not traditional conservatism at all, but rather what has come to be labeled populist libertarianism. It is for all intents and purposes an “anti” movement: anti-government, anti-science, anti-experts, anti-intellectuals, etc. It thrives in a fever swamp of “anti” movements and conspiracy theories often amplified in the mainstream conservative media. This … Read more

Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission debates start April 21

Every year the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission hosts statewide debates for the contested races in the Arizona Legislative Districts for the primary and the general elections. However this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, these debates will not be in person (with videos posted afterwards), but will be livestreamed via YouTube.  Here’s the debate … Read more