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Auditor General: Election Audits Wouldn't Begin Until 2024 Cycle
The Auditor General's office would need 35 new full-time employees for the election integrity team that Senate Bill 1629 would create.
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Voting Machines Have Been Used In Arizona Since 1881, But A GOP Bill Would Bar Them
The proposal is rooted in the Big Lie, a belief that the 2020 election was “stolen” from Donald Trump.
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Top Republican Casts Doubt On Plan To Break Up Maricopa County
The proposal doesn’t have the support of the most important GOP vote in the chamber — House Speaker Rusty Bowers.
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Arizona ‘Audit' Contractor Slams ‘Grifters,' Airs Grievances With Cyber Ninjas In New Report
Echomail's report and presentation to the Senate in November was riddled with inaccuracies.
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Wendy Rogers, Kari Lake And Joe Arpaio Are Listed As Speakers At White Nationalist Conference
Rogers claimed that her involvement wasn't "news" and Lake said she would not be attending because of a scheduling conflict.
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Leftist ASU Student Groups Allege Infiltration By Kari Lake Campaign Staffers
The groups became suspicious after the purported Lake campaign members espoused conservative talking points, resembled Lake team members.
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Proposal Adds ‘Teeth' To Parents' Bill Of Rights, Paving The Way For Lawsuits Against Teachers
The proposal comes amid conservative backlash against public schools over masking and claims that “critical race theory” is being taught.
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GOP Proposals Aim To Revamp Hand-Count Audits Done After Every Election
Using designees from the political parties meant hand counts were done by someone from outside the county elections department.
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Bogus Election Fraud Claims Spur Changes To Drop Boxes, Passwords, Election Observers
Several bills were fueled by Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 election but had victory stolen from him by rampant voter fraud.
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House Panel OKs New GOP Restrictions On Citizen Initiatives
One would make it harder to put proposed laws on the ballot and another that would make it more difficult to pass them once they get there.
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ESA School Voucher Expansion Advances, But Likely To Hit GOP Roadblocks In House
Through the program, students receive a voucher, which their parents can use for private school tuition, educational materials or tutoring.
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Republicans Kill Off Bill Requiring All Devices To Have Porn Filters
The legislation also would have allowed parents to sue anyone who helped their child bypass the internet filter.
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Senate Panel Rejects Bill To Ban Medical Care For Trans Youth In Arizona
Children, parents and advocates said the bill would have had devastating consequences.
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Nearly 90 Percent Of Arizona Voters Use Early Ballots. Republicans Would Eliminate That To Combat Imagined Fraud.
The changes include doing away with early mail-in ballots for virtually every Arizona voter and barring in-person early voting.
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Katie Hobbs Takes Mark Brnovich To Court Over E-Qual Threat
Hobbs plans to take down the state's online signature-gathering website for legislative candidates, so that counties can make updates.
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Bipartisan Bill Would Create Statewide Task Force To Investigate Police Use-Of-Force Incidents
The bill's author said it is not an attempt to pre-empt civilian oversight boards that investigate police use of force incidents.
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Brnovich: Ducey Could Send Troops To The Border To Defend The State From An ‘Invasion’ Of Cartels, Smugglers
In a legal opinion Brnovich wrote that the state is being “actually invaded” by drug cartels, gangs and human-smuggling operations.
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House Republicans Pass Bill To Prohibit Sexually Explicit Materials In Schools
Rep. Jake Hoffman, a Queen Creek Republican, said the bill would shield children from inappropriate content.
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GOP Ballot Measure Would Restrict Early Voting To Speed Up Ballot Counting
Some of its provisions would make it harder to vote, and appear to have little to do with making it harder to cheat.
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House OKs Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill Banning ‘Racially Divisive' Curriculum
Schools could be fined for teaching students that people inherently bear blame for something based on their race, ethnicity or gender.
