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A document created by one pro-Trump group in Arizona declaring Trump the winner carried the state seal.

“We find that there is evidence of continuing misconduct, the underlying offense is incredibly serious, and the uncontroverted misconduct in itself will likely result in substantial permanent sanctions at the conclusion of these disciplinary proceedings,” the court explained in its order. The court, in an opinion that reads like a fact-checking article, singled out several examples of Giuliani’s falsehoods. We have written about some of those, as well as several others. Here we provide a ...

A drive collected enough signatures to trigger a recall of House Speaker Rusty Bowers, but they failed to adhere to other requirements.

Recall effort against Arizona House speaker Rusty Bowers fails Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic © Michael Chow/The Republic House Speaker Rusty Bowers presides before Gov. Doug Duceys State of the State address at the Arizona State Capitol on January 13, 2020. An attempted recall of House Speaker Rusty Bowers has failed, the Arizona Secretary of States Office says. Recall backers turned in what they estimated as 24,500 signatures, which on its face would be more than enough to...

Arizona secretary of state assigned protection following death threats amid election audit AP Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is receiving protection from the Arizona Department of Public Safety after fielding multiple death threats amid the election audit in Maricopa County. Hobbs has been a vocal opponent of the audit, which was demanded by Republican state senators and is being overseen by a purveyor of election conspiracies. The audit kicked off last month even though county election...

Black and blue ink are the only colors the Maricopa County election machines can read. Thats why it mattered when a reporter from The Arizona Republic questioned why counters for the hand recount of the countys 2020 general election were equipped with blue pens: Blue ink can alter a ballot, causing it to be discarded, or confusing the voters intent. Based partly on that, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury ordered a temporary halt to the audit, which started Friday morning...

Arizona Legislature votes to outlaw private election grants Follow Us Question of the Day By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 7, 2021 PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Republicans voted Wednesday to ban private funding for elections, a response to millions of dollars in grants for the 2020 election from organizations with funding from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation. The measure was ...