Above: Mark Brnovich is Arizona’s Donald Trump (The Arizona Republic editorial, July 4 2015). There is some conflicting reporting on what is happening to the U.S. Postal Service in Arizona. The Arizona Mirror reported, Elections officials sound alarm: AZ vote by mail may be harmed by USPS changes: Joe Cuccinotto, the president of the American … Read more
My pleading may finally be answered: “Attorneys general from at least six states are huddling to discuss possible lawsuits against the administration to block it from reducing mail service between now and the election, several told The Washington Post.” State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears … Read more
From AZ Sec. of State website for contested races in Democratic primary in Southern Arizona: https://azsos.gov/elections LD 2 House (2 seats), Ds to face off with Republican Deborah McEwen in the General (Senator) Andrea Dalessandro 9245 Daniel Hernandez Jr., incumbent 9947 Luis Parra 5861 Billy Peard 5395 LD 3 House (2 seats), no Republicans running … Read more
Arizona and Democratic groups finalized the settlement of a lawsuit challenging the law that mail-in ballots must be received by 7pm on Election Day. The Democratic Party said that the ballots should be accepted and counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day (and received within five days after). The E-Day receipt deadline … Read more
“The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine” – variation on an old proverb. Slowly, indeed. It’s been almost four years since I have had to update this post. (Update) 10th Circuit rules against Kansas on proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration – what about Arizona? Election law expert Richard Hasen posts … Read more