AZ Federal Court Deals Crushing Blow to Lawsuit Aimed at Protecting 2020 Initiative Measures

On December 16, 2019 the Arizona Federal District Court issued an order dismissing First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges to Arizona’s initiative petition “strikeout” law and declined to enter a preliminary injunction enjoining the law. Thus

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Passing Election Procedures Manual to GRRC Is a Solution In Search of a Problem

A well-intentioned bill has been introduced in the Arizona Senate to ensure the Secretary of State’s Election Procedures Manual does not stray from statute.  But injecting the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council into the Manual’s review

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