Over 30 Restrictive Voting Bills in Arizona Pass First Legislative Chamber
As of Wednesday, March 22, over 30 restrictive voting bills have passed one chamber of the Arizona Legislature.
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As of Wednesday, March 22, over 30 restrictive voting bills have passed one chamber of the Arizona Legislature.
On Wednesday, March 22, the Arizona Supreme Court issued an order denying review of six of the seven claims in election denier and failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s appeal of her previously dismissed election contest.
On Wednesday, March 15, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the DOJ to investigate the recent transfer of election authority in Cochise County, Arizona.
On Monday, March 6, a voter and two conservative groups (the Arizona Free Enterprise Club and Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, a right-wing legal group founded by Bill Barr and others) filed a lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D).
On Tuesday, March 7, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Arizona against three Cochise County supervisors (Tom Crosby, Ann English and Peggy Judd) and Cochise County Recorder David Stevens regarding an agreement transferring election oversight from the supervisors to the recorder.
On Wednesday, March 1, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake (R) took her previously dismissed election contest to the Arizona Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Board of Supervisors in Cochise County, Arizona voted to transfer election authority from the Cochise County Elections Department to County Recorder David Stevens, with two of the three members supporting the unprecedented move.
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives passed House Bill 2308, which would require the secretary of state to recuse themselves from overseeing elections in which they are a candidate.
On Thursday, Feb. 16, the Arizona Court of Appeals again rejected Kari Lake’s (R) attempts to overturn the results of the 2022 governor’s race.
On Thursday, Feb. 16, a federal court in Arizona ruled that litigation will continue in a consolidated lawsuit challenging Arizona’s strict proof of citizenship requirements.
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