Politico reports, Arizona ballot audit shows signs of backfiring on GOP: When Arizona Senate Republicans first pushed for a partisan audit of the 2020 presidential ballots cast in the Phoenix metropolitan area, they argued that they needed to know if any irregularities or fraud caused President Trump to lose this rapidly evolving swing state. But … Read more
The Authoritarian Republicans in the Arizona legislature routinely refer legislative initiatives backed by right-wing special interests (e.g., the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Goldwater Institute, Center For Arizona Policy, Club For Growth, etc.) to the ballot so that these organizations will not have to spend any money on a petition drive to collect enough … Read more
With incumbent Secretary of State Katie Hobbs running for Governor, former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes has declared his intention to succeed her in the 2022 elections. The Maricopa County Recorder from 2017 to 2021, Mr. Fontes oversaw the modernization of that office and, despite the COVID 19 pandemic, presided over one of the highest … Read more
An evil witch fight between the GQP Queen of voter suppression, Michelle Ugenti-Rita, and QAnon Queen Kelly Townsend, ended in mutually assured destruction of their voter suppression bills on Tuesday. It reminded me of the witch fight scene from Oz The Great & Powerful (only there’s no “Glinda the good witch” in this version – they … Read more
A notorious 2013 US Supreme Court ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and unleashed the onslaught of voter suppression laws by Republicans that continues to this day, according to Robert J. McWhirter, who addressed the June 22, 2021, meeting of the LD9 Democrats. The Court in Shelby County v. Holder ruled that Arizona … Read more