Why some races in Arizona still haven’t been called
2 years, 1 month ago

Why some races in Arizona still haven’t been called

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of votes were still being tallied Wednesday in Arizona, where contested races including Senate and gubernatorial races remained uncalled. Here’s what we know: MARICOPA MATH Part of it is because of all of the ballots that got dropped off on Election Day in Arizona’s biggest county. Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous and home to Phoenix, estimated Wednesday there were about 400,000 votes left to count, with about 275,000 of those being ballots that came in on Election Day itself — votes known in some places as “late earlies,” the counting of which has been known to hold up tabulation. There are also about 17,000 outstanding ballots — about 7% of those cast in person on Election Day — that were set aside due to a Tuesday printing problem at about a quarter of the county’s vote tabulation centers. A day before this year’s midterm elections, a judge blocked Cochise County officials’ plan to count by hand, a measure requested by Republican officials who expressed unfounded concerns that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy.

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Arizona Supreme Court declines emergency request to extend ballot ‘curing’ deadline
1 month, 1 week ago

Arizona Supreme Court declines emergency request to extend ballot ‘curing’ deadline

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court declined Sunday to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots, a day after voter rights groups cited reports of delays in vote counting and in notification of voters with problem signatures. The court said Sunday that election officials in eight of the state’s 15 counties reported that all voters with …

Why AP called Arizona for Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why AP called Arizona for Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press declared President-elect Donald Trump the winner in Arizona on Saturday night after vote updates in Maricopa and other counties added to his overall lead, putting the state out of reach for Vice President Kamala Harris. Here’s a look at how the AP called this race: CANDIDATES: President: Harris vs. Trump vs. Chase Oliver vs. Jill …

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays

NPR  

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays It has been nearly two decades since Arizona voters have received ballots as long as the ones being turned in this election cycle. In Maricopa County, voters have had to sift through a two-page, front and back ballot with a wide range of issues. Moving down the ballot, voters are also …

Counting Votes in a Swing County: A Detailed Look at Maricopa County, Arizona
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Counting Votes in a Swing County: A Detailed Look at Maricopa County, Arizona

Associated Press  

The article discusses the challenges of election tabulation in Maricopa County, Arizona, due to its large population and political divide. Election officials anticipate a drawn-out count, which has fueled conspiracy theories surrounding the 2024 presidential election. The county's high number of voters and close political races pose significant challenges to the tabulation process.

Number of Arizona voters affected by citizenship proof ‘glitch’ grows to 218,000
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of Arizona voters affected by citizenship proof ‘glitch’ grows to 218,000

Raw Story  

State elections officials have identified another 120,000 Arizona voters who are improperly registered to vote because of a glitch in the state’s driver’s license database, bringing the total number of affected voters to 218,000 — a number that may grow as officials continue to identify more longtime voters who were never required to provide proof of citizenship. On Monday, the …

Court rules nearly 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship hadn’t been confirmed can vote the full ballot
3 months ago

Court rules nearly 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship hadn’t been confirmed can vote the full ballot

LA Times  

The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative races. The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full …

Arizona officials race to fix ‘clerical error’ for voters who haven’t proved citizenship
3 months, 1 week ago

Arizona officials race to fix ‘clerical error’ for voters who haven’t proved citizenship

CNN  

CNN — Election officials in Arizona are racing to correct a clerical error that could shut out nearly 100,000 voters from casting ballots in state and local races. Officials have described the Arizona situation as a “clerical error” and a “coding glitch” that isn’t part of any organized scheme to undermine the integrity of the 2024 election. The office filed …

Maricopa County’s 2-page ballots could make for long lines on Election Day
3 months, 1 week ago

Maricopa County’s 2-page ballots could make for long lines on Election Day

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. PHOENIX — Arizona election officials are warning there could be delays at polling places and vote-counting machines could jam as voters fill out a multipage ballot, an unusual occurrence in the presidential battleground state. Maricopa County’s switch to a multipage ballot, the first time since 2006, has prompted election officials …

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again

NPR  

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images PHOENIX — Maricopa County in Arizona — home to nearly 60% of the voting population in the swing state — will once again be in the spotlight come this fall’s general election. toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images …

Judge says No Labels can block candidates from running for offices other than president in Arizona
11 months, 1 week ago

Judge says No Labels can block candidates from running for offices other than president in Arizona

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — No Labels, the group preparing for a possible third-party presidential campaign, can prohibit members from using its ballot line to run for office in Arizona, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The decision protects the group’s efforts to maintain control and secrecy around its operations and finances as Donald Trump critics warn that No Labels could help return Trump …

Two county officials in Arizona plead not guilty to charges for delaying 2022 election certification
1 year ago

Two county officials in Arizona plead not guilty to charges for delaying 2022 election certification

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Two officials from a rural Arizona county pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results. But they said they weren’t satisfied that the machines used to tabulate ballots were properly certified for use in elections, though state and federal election officials said they were. During brief arraignment hearings …

Arizona county again rejects a bid to hand-count all 2024 ballots
1 year, 1 month ago

Arizona county again rejects a bid to hand-count all 2024 ballots

Associated Press  

KINGMAN, Ariz. — For the second time in nearly four months, officials in a northwestern Arizona county narrowly rejected a proposal to hand count all ballots in the 2024 election cycle rather than using electronic tabulating equipment. A hand count was also rejected in early August after Board Chairman Travis Lingenfelter said he couldn’t justify the cost given that Mohave …

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections
1 year, 4 months ago

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A northwestern Arizona county has rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election cycle after the local elections director warned that it would cost more than $1.1 million and involve hiring hundreds of new workers. Board Chair Travis Lingenfelter said during the meeting that he couldn’t justify the steep costs of a hand count because of …

Arizona court declines most of Lake's appeal over gov's race
1 year, 9 months ago

Arizona court declines most of Lake's appeal over gov's race

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an order Wednesday, the state’s highest court said a lower-court had erroneously dismissed …

Arizona high court declines most of Kari Lake’s appeal over her loss in governor’s race
1 year, 9 months ago

Arizona high court declines most of Kari Lake’s appeal over her loss in governor’s race

LA Times  

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear most of Republican Kari Lake’s appeal in a challenge of her defeat in November’s governor’s race. In an order Wednesday, the state’s highest court said a lower court erroneously dismissed Lake’s claim challenging the application of signature-verification procedures on early ballots in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix. In mid-February, the Arizona Court …

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona

Associated Press  

BISBEE, Ariz. — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city. Stevens was prepared to oversee Cochise County’s hand count when Marra objected last year, and only stopped once a judge ruled that it violated state law. “Recorder Stevens has proven he’s part of the crazy conspiracy crowd,” said Jennifer Druckman, a retiree who was one of …

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County
1 year, 11 months ago

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County

Raw Story  

The final recount results released Thursday in the Arizona attorney general’s race — which shrank to a razor-thin margin of 280 votes and confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes’ victory — show that ballot-counting errors in Pinal County were largely responsible for the shift. As in Pinal, all were human errors, though both represented less extensive failures of election administration than the …

All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims
54 years, 11 months ago

All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Uncounted ballots that got mixed with counted ballots at voting sites in Arizona’s Maricopa County were not included in the final midterm election results. While such ballots were mixed at two separate voting centers on Election Day, they were properly vetted and accurately tabulated, according to Megan Gilbertson, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Elections Department. Poll workers advised …

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order
2 years ago

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week’s deadline. Two Republicans on Cochise County’s three-member board of supervisors balked for weeks about certifying the election, even as the …

In Arizona, losing candidate points to perceived conflict
2 years ago

In Arizona, losing candidate points to perceived conflict

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake and supporters of her failed campaign for Arizona governor are attacking Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs as having a conflict of interest for overseeing the election she won. Hobbs’ spokeswoman, Sophia Solis, emphasized that the secretary of state does not handle ballots or play a direct role in vote tabulation, and said that neither …

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024
2 years ago

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024

Associated Press  

Before November, election officials prepared for the possibility that Republicans who embraced former President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud would challenge the verdict of voters by refusing to certify the midterm results. “It’s a good test run for 2024, showing state courts they’re going to have to step in.” For now, the certification delay in a smattering of rural …

GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election
2 years ago

GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused Monday to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, a decision that was quickly challenged in court by the state’s top election official. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who narrowly won the race for governor, asked a judge to order county officials …

Arizona county board delays certifying election results
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county board delays certifying election results

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots on Friday delayed certifying the results of last week’s vote after hearing from a trio of conspiracy theorists who alleged that counting machines were not certified. The three men, or some combination of them, have filed at least four cases …

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
2 years, 1 month ago

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four days after Election Day, with a bitter, high-profile race for Arizona governor still up in the air, Ohio’s secretary of state broke an unspoken protocol among top election officials. “A lot of the important work we do for elections happens after Election Day,” said Joseph Kirk, the county’s election supervisor. Former President Donald Trump said in a …

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — When the Republican candidate for Arizona governor accused the state’s most populous county of “slow-rolling” the vote count to skew early election results, a local official fired back. He called the allegations “irrelevant” and an “incredible distraction.” A record 290,000 of those ballots were dropped off at the county’s 223 vote centers on Election Day and are now …

Why the AP hasn’t called the Arizona governor’s race
2 years, 1 month ago

Why the AP hasn’t called the Arizona governor’s race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press has not yet called the open governor’s race in Arizona between Katie Hobbs, the Democratic secretary of state, and Republican Kari Lake, a former TV broadcaster, because there are still too many votes left to count to conclude Hobbs’ lead is insurmountable. Here’s the situation so far, starting with the most recent information: SUNDAY, NOV. …

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist
2 years, 1 month ago

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrat Adrian Fontes won the top elections post in Arizona on Friday, defeating a Republican rival who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and who said he would not have certified Joe Biden’s win in the state. Fontes, who formerly oversaw parts of the election system in Arizona’s most populous …

Why Arizona election results are taking days
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Arizona election results are taking days

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting for the 2022 midterm elections continued into the weekend as officials tallied votes cast in Maricopa County and across the state in races including Senate and governor. Officials in Maricopa — the state’s most populated county, home to Phoenix — released another batch of 80,000 votes around 10 p.m. …

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead
2 years, 1 month ago

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The board of supervisors in a southern Arizona county will meet next week to consider counting nearly all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day, despite an earlier court order limiting the hand-count driven by unfounded distrust in machines that tabulate votes. The Republican-dominated Cochise County board is taking that part of the order literally, proposing to expand …

Arizona voting issues not confined to conservative areas
54 years, 11 months ago

Arizona voting issues not confined to conservative areas

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Only voting sites in conservative areas in Arizona’s Maricopa County experienced issues with tabulating ballots on Election Day. Voting centers across Maricopa County reported printing issues that stopped some ballots from being counted onsite, including in Democrat-leaning areas, like downtown Phoenix and Tempe, according to the Maricopa County Elections Department. THE FACTS: As voting sites across Maricopa County reported …

Dems maintain narrow leads in Arizona Senate, governor races
2 years, 1 month ago

Dems maintain narrow leads in Arizona Senate, governor races

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrats maintained their narrow leads in key Arizona contests on Thursday, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor were still too early to call with about a fifth of the total ballots left to be counted. Election officials in Maricopa County, which includes metro Phoenix and more than 60% of voters, expected to begin reporting results Friday …

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation

Associated Press  

Arizona remained the epicenter for post-Election Day misinformation Thursday as vote counting in that state continued. The U.S. has a long history of political races that weren’t settled on Election Day, and those occasional delays have only increased in recent years given the rising popularity of voting by mail. In key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, election officials …

Democrats Pad Narrow Leads In Arizona Senate, Governor Races
2 years, 1 month ago

Democrats Pad Narrow Leads In Arizona Senate, Governor Races

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PHOENIX — Democrats padded their narrow leads in key Arizona contests on Thursday, but the races for U.S. Senate and attorney general were still too early to call with about a fifth of the total ballots left to be counted. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly led Republican Blake Masters by 5.6 percentage points, while Democrat Katie Hobbs had …

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania
2 years, 1 month ago

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters. “Spread to normies.” It’s an example of Election Day misinformation that reveals how misleading claims emerge and travel, and how innocent events can be spun into the latest viral election hoax. Maricopa County remained the epicenter of election misinformation Wednesday after problems …

What to know as states keep counting with key races hanging in the balance
2 years, 1 month ago

What to know as states keep counting with key races hanging in the balance

CNN  

CNN — Key races to determine control of the Senate in Arizona and Nevada have yet to be called as both states race to count hundreds of thousands of ballots that have yet to be processed. Of those ballots, about 290,000 were dropped off at vote centers on Election Day, Bill Gates, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors chairman, said …

Snag delays Arizona ballots; officials say all to be counted
2 years, 1 month ago

Snag delays Arizona ballots; officials say all to be counted

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting. The snag on Tuesday fueled conspiracy theories about the integrity of the vote in the tightly contested state as former President Donald Trump, GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and …

EXPLAINER: Why did Arizona have voting slowdowns?
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why did Arizona have voting slowdowns?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There were some voting slowdowns Tuesday in Arizona, where races for governor and Senate are among the most closely watched contests of this year’s midterm elections. On Tuesday in Maricopa County, the state’s most populous, some of the tabulators did not read the ballots because the printers did not produce what are known as “timing marks” — which …

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Early Tuesday morning, Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist with close ties to the Trump family, shared a video of a poll worker in conservative Anthem, Arizona, announcing to a line of waiting voters that one of the polling place’s two tabulators was broken. “It could be a printer issue, or it could be the tabulator itself,” …

Arizona activists demanding a recount — and the election isn't even over
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona activists demanding a recount — and the election isn't even over

Raw Story  

Arizona polls haven't even opened, and already, there's a demand for a recount. In Cochise County, Arizona, a judge still hasn't decided how the votes will be counted, reported the Daily Beast. "Cochise, a rural county on the southern border, is one of several to preemptively call for an audit of its 2022 midterm vote," said the Daily Beast. "Although …

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge on Monday blocked a rural Arizona county’s plan to conduct a full hand-count of ballots from the current election — a measure requested by Republican officials who expressed unfounded concerns that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy. “Because the statute does not permit elections officials to begin the precinct hand-count by counting all ballots cast, the Board’s requirement …

Arizona election officials battle conspiracy theories as voters head to the polls
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona election officials battle conspiracy theories as voters head to the polls

LA Times  

Two years after former President Trump attempted to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the electoral process remains in the shadow of the 2020 election, plagued by threats to election workers, efforts to misinform or intimidate voters and the rise of far-right candidates who have echoed false claims of election fraud. “The widespread issues — in an election administered by …

Arizona county official grilled on hand-count plan in court
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county official grilled on hand-count plan in court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A southern Arizona judge heard from a parade of witnesses Friday in a case brought by opponents of an unusual plan driven by local officials who question the accuracy of ballot-counting machines and want to hand-count all the ballots in the election that concludes next week. And responding to questions from the lawyer for the Arizona Alliance of …

Why do election experts oppose hand-counting ballots?
2 years, 1 month ago

Why do election experts oppose hand-counting ballots?

Associated Press  

Why do election experts oppose hand-counting ballots? “Machine counting is generally twice as accurate as hand-counting and a much simpler and faster process,” said Stephen Ansolabehere, a professor of government at Harvard University who has conducted research on hand-counts. In Cobb County, Georgia, after the 2020 election, a hand tally ordered by the state for just presidential votes on about …

2nd Arizona county mulling hand-counts rejects effort
2 years, 1 month ago

2nd Arizona county mulling hand-counts rejects effort

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The elected leaders of an Arizona county who had considered following the lead of a rural county by expanding their hand-counts of ballots from next week’s election rejected the effort Wednesday. Kathy Nowak, who sits on the executive committee of the county Republican Party, said she’s been involved in the normal hand-count audits a half-dozen times and the …

Arizona county’s ballot hand-count plan challenged in court
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s ballot hand-count plan challenged in court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona county’s plan to hand count all ballots cast in next week’s election has triggered a court challenge, marking the latest twist to the effort by rural Cochise County to mollify skeptics distrustful of its vote-counting equipment. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County board of supervisors have pushed for the full hand count, and the …

Arizona board says it will follow law in partial hand count
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona board says it will follow law in partial hand count

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Republicans on a rural Arizona county board that wanted to conduct a full hand count in the upcoming midterm vote have clarified they will follow Arizona state law allowing only partial hand counts following a harshly worded letter from the state’s election director who threatened legal action. “The Board wishes to follow all applicable requirements in statutes …

2 Arizona GOP officials vote against, then OK hand-count
2 years, 1 month ago

2 Arizona GOP officials vote against, then OK hand-count

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The two Republicans on a county board in southeastern rural Arizona approved a proposal 2-1 Monday for a hand-count of all ballots in the Nov. 8 election after rejecting a differently worded motion during a chaotic meeting. “The Cochise County Supervisors are clearly manufacturing a scenario to delay the certification of Arizona’s election results,” said Natali Fierros Bock, …

After disastrous primary, Arizona county overhauls elections
2 years, 2 months ago

After disastrous primary, Arizona county overhauls elections

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county where a disastrous primary season was one of the year’s biggest U.S. election debacles has gotten on track for successful midterm voting, an expert said Wednesday. “You are on the right course now,” Brad Nelson, the former longtime elections chief in neighboring Pima County, told Pinal County’s Board of Supervisors, saying that many of …

Registration error affects up to 6,000 Arizona voters
2 years, 2 months ago

Registration error affects up to 6,000 Arizona voters

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A voter registration error may have caused some Arizona voters to get a mail ballot with only federal races, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Tuesday. A problem with the link between voter registration and driver’s license databases may have caused as many as 6,000 voters to be improperly flagged as lacking proof of citizenship documentation on file. …

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