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Not One, Not Two, But Three Lawsuits Contesting Arizona’s New Election Procedure Manual for Election Officials

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024

We’re in Arizona today, where a new and normally mundane Election Procedure Manual for election officials has attracted not one, not two, but three GOP lawsuits.

Arizona Legislator and 2020 Fake Elector Proposes the State Legislature – Not the Voters – Should Pick the State’s Presidential Electors

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

An Arizona State Senator has introduced a resolution to take the state’s voters out of the U.S. Presidential election process. Not surprisingly, the Senator is also under investigation as one of Arizona’s 2020 fake electors.

Developments in GOP Fake Presidential Elector Plots in Nevada & Wisconsin; Investigations Continue in Arizona, New Mexico & Georgia

December 9, 2023December 9, 2023

There were developments the week of December 4th in the GOP fake Presidential elector plots in Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona. Investigations continue in New Mexico and Georgia, with one of the indicted lawyers in the Georgia case cooperating with prosecutors.

Shasta County Almost Hand-Counted Its Ballots in November. Instead, it Lost an Expensive Game of Election Denial Chicken with the State of California

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

Just days before the Nov. 2023 election, the chair of the Shasta County, CA Board of Supervisors was threatening to defy a new California law, and hand count ballots instead of using an electronic ballot tabulator. The county supervisors blinked.

While Some States Seek to Close Primaries, Nevada and Arizona Consider Open Primaries to Include Independent Voters and Offer More Choice

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Closed primaries keep independents, the fastest growing block of voters, from voting in a Republican or Democratic primary. To include unaffiliated voters and offer all voters more choice, states like Nevada and Arizona are considering fully open primaries and “Top 5” races.