State News
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America First Legal Files Petition with Federal Election Agency to Require Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote in Elections
America First Legal (AFL) filed a petition with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) last week, urging the agency to require documented proof of citizenship (DPOC) in order to register to vote in elections. If the EAC doesn’t take action on it, federal law allows the requesting party to sue the agency. “America First Legal…
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FBI, DHS Investigating Cyber Attack on Arizona’s Election System
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Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acknowledged in a press release earlier this month that possible foreign actors conducted a cyber attack on the candidate portal of the secretary of state’s (AZSOS) website. Fontes downplayed the hacking, and didn’t indicate whether the hackers were successful or not. State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek), founder and chair…
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Progressive Groups Funded by George Soros to Hold Protest Against President Trump in Phoenix, Nationwide
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Progressive groups gathered in Phoenix and other cities across the nation on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’s policies. The “Good Trouble Lives On” protest takes place on the 5th anniversary of the death of civil rights activist John Lewis. There are at least 11 separate protests scheduled throughout the Phoenix metro area, including at the State…
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Michigan Supreme Court Lets GOP Sue Over Election Poll Worker Parity
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The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee (RNC) can proceed with a lawsuit accusing the City of Flint of failing to maintain partisan balance among poll workers during the 2022 elections, reversing lower court decisions that said the parties lacked standing to sue. In a 5–1…
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Recall Election Set for Mesa City Council Member Julie Spilsbury
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The Mesa City Council set a date for a recall election of one of its members, Julie Spilsbury, who will face off on November 4 against a candidate selected by her opponents. Spilsbury, a Republican, angered conservatives by endorsing Democrats Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego, as well as taking other positions aligned with Democrats. Turning…
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Federal Government to Investigate Election Irregularities, Possibly in Arizona
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Just a few weeks after President Donald Trump called for a special prosecutor to investigate election irregularities in the 2020 election, another agency is announcing its own investigation. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) new Directors Initiatives’ Group (DIG) plans to look into election vulnerabilities in the 2020 and 2022 elections, which…
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All 444 Maricopa County Tabulators Failed EAC Standards in 2022 Election, Group Claims
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Every ballot tabulator in Maricopa County’s 2022 election failed to meet Election Assistance Commission (EAC) standards, with all 444 machines experiencing ballot reading errors exceeding the allowable .2 percent error rate, according to a video released by We the People AZ Alliance (WPAA), led by Shelby Busch. Despite litigation from Kari Lake, courts declined to…
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Trump Refiles Iowa Lawsuit Accusing Pollster and Des Moines Register of Election Interference
President Donald Trump on June 30 dropped his federal lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, pollster Ann Selzer, and related defendants and refiled it in Iowa state court. The new complaint renews his claims that a poll conducted and published shortly before the 2024 presidential election was intentionally misleading and designed to sway voters against…
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Election Integrity Champion Legislator Alex Kolodin Campaigns for Arizona Secretary of State
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – State Representative Alex Kolodin (R-Scottsdale), an election attorney, is running for Arizona Secretary of State against Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes. He held a campaign fundraising event in north Scottsdale last week to explain his plan to bring back election integrity to the office. Kolodin said, “That guy has been a nemesis of…
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Town of Fountain Hills Selects Election Integrity Champion as Town Attorney
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The Fountain Hills Town Council selected election integrity attorney Jennifer Wright earlier this month as their town attorney on contract. The town’s previous legal representation resigned after accusations arose regarding their billing practices. Wright previously served as the civil attorney for the Arizona Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit, and afterwards represented both Kari Lake and…
