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 issues with tabulating ballots due to a printing malfunction, former President Donald Trump, Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, and social media users suggested that the problems only affected sites in conservative parts of Maricopa County. “There’s a couple out in west Phoenix, Tolleson area, Maryvale, those are Democratic areas.” Some tabulators did not read ballots submitted in-person Tuesday at voting sites in Maricopa County because the ballot printers did not produce what are known as “timing marks” that were dark enough to be detected by the machines, the AP reported.

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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.

'Too late': Arizona court rules voting access law put in place last year can be ignored
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Too late': Arizona court rules voting access law put in place last year can be ignored

Raw Story  

The Republican-stacked Supreme Court of Arizona has shot down an attempt by Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to ensure an easier voting process in Pinal County, reported Votebeat Arizona on Tuesday. The opinion, written by Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer, found that forcing Pinal County officials to change their process to comply with Fontes' rule would cause “unacceptable risk …

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 …

Conservative group plans to monitor voting drop box locations in Arizona
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative group plans to monitor voting drop box locations in Arizona

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A conservative organization has told Arizona officials that it plans to monitor ballot drop boxes for the November election and identify people it believes are voting illegally, raising the same concerns that led right-wing groups to begin watching some boxes two years ago despite there being no evidence of widespread electoral fraud. The Arizona Republic reported Friday that …

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 …

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
9 months ago

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. “What would be even more of a shame is if we couldn’t look the workers in the eye and say, ‘We’re doing everything possible to make sure that you’re safe,’” he said. Arizona’s top election officials are taking an aggressive approach to combating disinformation and responding to …

Paper changes caused Maricopa County printer failure: report
1 year, 8 months ago

Paper changes caused Maricopa County printer failure: report

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Problems with ballot printers that caused lines to back up at some Phoenix-area polling places last year were not caused by malicious actions but by changes to the paper, a retired Arizona Supreme Court justice concluded in a report released Monday. County officials used longer ballots on thicker paper than had been used previously, changes that were made …

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 …

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 …

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
2 years, 1 month ago

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Associated Press  

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. ___ Posts misrepresent Arizona official’s ballot comments CLAIM: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates admitted that tens of thousands of early ballots dropped off on Election Day were mishandled when he said during a CNN interview, “We do not know where …

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 …

In Arizona, election fraud conspiracy theories rage on as the vote count continues
2 years, 1 month ago

In Arizona, election fraud conspiracy theories rage on as the vote count continues

LA Times  

Republican Kari Lake could still catch up to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona’s contentious race for governor. Darn it, we’ve got to start bringing this up.” Election officials in Arizona, particularly in Maricopa County, have been working overtime to combat criticism, misinformation and insinuations of malfeasance as they work through hundreds of thousands of mailed ballots returned on election day. …

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 …

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 …

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage

CNN  

An election worker arrives with ballots Wednesday inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix. Here’s what you should know as the counting continues: Where things stand in Arizona and Nevada — and why it’s taking so long to count ballots: The biggest reason for the delay is the way that each state handles the ballots outside of those cast …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Midterm voting mostly problem-free in battleground states, voting advocates report
2 years, 1 month ago

Midterm voting mostly problem-free in battleground states, voting advocates report

Raw Story  

As of midday Tuesday, voting across the country has largely gone smoothly without any major issues or incidents of voter intimidation, voting rights advocates said. In Maricopa County, Arizona, one of the nation’s largest voting jurisdictions in a critical battleground state, election workers Tuesday morning reported issues with ballot tabulators at about 20 percent of vote centers. In a morning …

Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday, but election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted. After polls closed, the county supervisor, Republican Bill Gates, apologized, but said “every voter had the opportunity to vote and have their vote counted.” The issue affected an …

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,” …

"Here we go again": Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems
2 years, 1 month ago

"Here we go again": Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems

Salon  

Maricopa County officials said Tuesday that around 20 percent of their 223 voting sites experienced issues with tabulation machines, prompting a surge of false voter fraud claims from former President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans. "We've got about 20 percent of the locations out there where there's an issue with the tabulator where some of the ballots, after people have …

Maricopa County election machine issues spark failed GOP lawsuit, conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

Maricopa County election machine issues spark failed GOP lawsuit, conspiracy theories

LA Times  

Trouble with tabulation machines at 20% of the polling centers in Arizona’s Maricopa County generated criticism on social media, but a spokesperson for the state’s elections department said the problem was minor. Trump released a video message to Arizona voters and made several posts on Truth Social on Tuesday afternoon, alleging that the situation in Maricopa County was a “complete …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Arizona county hit with voting problems, officials vow fixes
2 years, 4 months ago

Arizona county hit with voting problems, officials vow fixes

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Officials in an Arizona county are vowing to overhaul their election procedures after a shortage of some ballots at about two dozen voting sites during Tuesday’s primary election led to some voters leaving without being able to cast their ballots. At most, about 750 voters could have been affected, out of about 50,000 total mail and in-person votes …

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
2 years, 4 months ago

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona

NPR  

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images For the last two years, Arizona has been a hive of election denialism. State Senate Republicans spearheaded a deeply flawed review of the 2020 vote in Arizona's largest county, keeping Maricopa County in the …

Ducey signs bill allowing on-site counting of early ballots
2 years, 6 months ago

Ducey signs bill allowing on-site counting of early ballots

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona voters may be able to have their mail ballots counted on-site if they bring them to a polling place in future elections. Doug Ducey on Monday signed a bill authorizing county election officials to count mail ballots on-site, but no counties will be required to allow it. Meanwhile, Ducey also signed a bill that seeks to get …

Arizona House passes bipartisan election bills
2 years, 7 months ago

Arizona House passes bipartisan election bills

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Arizona House has approved several election bills in bipartisan votes. Meanwhile, lawmakers voted down a handful of bills that were universally opposed by Democrats, in part because there weren’t enough Republican lawmakers on hand to pass bills without Democratic votes. One failed bill would allow people to carry their mail ballot to a polling place, show identification …

No charges for 151 Arizona votes vetted over fraud claims
2 years, 11 months ago

No charges for 151 Arizona votes vetted over fraud claims

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A review of potential voter fraud cases in the 2020 general election in Arizona’s second-largest county ended Friday with an announcement by prosecutors that none of the 151 cases they reviewed merited criminal charges. The announcement by the Pima County Attorney’s Office closes the book on more than 2/3 of all the cases of potential voter fraud that …

FACT FOCUS: A false narrative of 74K extra votes in Arizona
3 years, 5 months ago

FACT FOCUS: A false narrative of 74K extra votes in Arizona

Associated Press  

Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity consulting firm hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 election, on Thursday pushed a false narrative that Maricopa County received thousands of mail-in ballots that had no record of being sent out to voters. There’s not proper things there, but I think when we’ve got 74,000, it merits knocking on …

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S.
3 years, 6 months ago

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S.

NPR  

The Controversial Arizona Election Review Is Drawing Republicans From Across The U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt York/AP Matt York/AP Republicans from a growing number of states are traveling to Maricopa County in Arizona to witness a controversial election review ordered by GOP leaders in the state Senate, a sign that similar probes may be sought elsewhere across the …

New analysis reveals one key reason Trump lost Arizona — and deflates his claim of 'rigging'
3 years, 7 months ago

New analysis reveals one key reason Trump lost Arizona — and deflates his claim of 'rigging'

Raw Story  

About 75,000 Republican-leaning voters in Arizona's two most populous counties did not vote to re-elect President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to an analysis of every vote cast by a longtime Arizona Republican Party election observer and election technologists familiar with vote-counting data. The analysis from Maricopa and Pima Counties underscored that the Arizona state Senate's ongoing audit …

Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting
3 years, 7 months ago

Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they’re pushing after President Joe Biden’s win in the state last year are designed to strengthen the integrity of future elections. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said Ducey’s actions belittle tribes and fail to recognize the unique challenges Native Americans face when casting ballots. “Here in Arizona, it’s pushing back on …

Inside Arizona’s election audit, Republican fraud fantasies live on
3 years, 7 months ago

Inside Arizona’s election audit, Republican fraud fantasies live on

LA Times  

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contract workers in Phoenix. This is Arizona’s extraordinary, partisan audit of the 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county — ground zero for former President Trump and a legion of his supporters who have refused to accept his loss in Arizona or in other …

The battle over voting restrictions is playing out nationwide. Arizona Republicans are leading the way
3 years, 9 months ago

The battle over voting restrictions is playing out nationwide. Arizona Republicans are leading the way

LA Times  

Trump supporters demand a recount outside the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Phoenix on Nov. 7. “They all add up to changing our election system in substantial ways to basically respond to the ‘Big Lie’” — that last year’s presidential election was stolen from former President Trump. “There are legitimate concerns,” said GOP state Rep. John Kavanagh, chair of the …

EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona

Associated Press  

A CLOSER LOOK AT ARIZONA State officials said Friday there are 150,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden had a.92 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump, an advantage of about 29,861 votes. “The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from Arizona as they come in,” …

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