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Maricopa County is Ground Zero for election misinformation in 2024
2 天之前 · By: Caitlin Sievers - November 4, 2024 8:25 am. Illustration via Getty Images. Disinformation and misinformation about the Nov. 5 election have reached a fever pitch, and Maricopa County is right at the center of it. Election officials and experts, as well as people devoted to fighting election falsehoods, are worried that their ubiquity this ...
All eyes are on Maricopa County as Election Day arrives
2 天之前 · Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner said his office is on “high alert” for threats against election officials and election workers in the coming days, reiterating his “zero tolerance” for criminal activity that he spoke to last week. County officials also took the time to address those who have sown doubt directly.
Maricopa County restores around 2,000 voters after incorrectly ...
1 天前 · Maricopa County incorrectly flagged around 2,000 longtime registered voters as needing to provide proof of citizenship in order to vote in Tuesday’s election, county officials confirmed Sunday. That number is in addition to nearly 900 Pinal County voters who were incorrectly told the same thing, which Votebeat first reported Saturday.
Why Arizona’s Election Day results will be delayed
6 天之前 · Results from ballots cast at Maricopa County’s Election Day polling places will be delayed due to a Republican-backed change in state law, a lag that could fuel false claims as the nation awaits the outcome of the presidential race. The expected slowdown stems from a new state law enacted in February that requires poll workers to tally the ...
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5 天之前 · BY: Jen Fifield/Votebeat - October 31, 2024. Arizona’s long ballot has already caused a few slight delays in Maricopa County during the first few weeks of early voting, along with other complaints that may continue through Election Day on Tuesday and beyond. The county had to stretch its ballot onto two sheets of paper, front and back, for ...
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2024年10月23日 · BY: Benjamin Case - September 20, 2024. Ten states will vote on ballot initiatives on abortion this November: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada and South Dakota. Many political analysts and pundits view abortion as a partisan issue, fueling speculation that direct votes on abortion rights will ...
AZ Supreme Court takes back direction not to count votes for …
2024年9月16日 · The goal of the campaign behind the act is to eliminate partisan influence in elections. A trial court judge already approved Prop. 140 to be placed on the November ballot, saying the political action committee behind it had gathered 40,000 more voter signatures than necessary.. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz initially declined to hear evidence from an opposition group ...
SCOTUS: Arizona may require proof of citizenship on state voter …
2024年8月22日 · State law requires people to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, which voters approved as Proposition 200 in 2004. But the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires states to accept federal voter registration forms, which don’t have a proof-of-citizenship requirement, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that Arizona can’t reject those forms, despite the ...
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