Secretary of State Adrian Fontes may get help in the legal battle from the DOJ seeking Arizona’s voter rolls. Two nonprofits have filed to intervene in the lawsuit.
Common Cause and the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans argue they have their own unique interests in joining the suit.
The groups argue voter information is protected by state privacy laws. They also say the attempt to compile a national voter database stems from unfounded claims that millions of non-citizens are voting, which could lead to people’s registration to be illegally cancelled.
The groups argue that the National Voter Registration Act from the '90s leaves voter administration to the states.
Arizona is just one of two-dozen states sued by the DOJ seeking voter rolls.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a new law permanently moving Arizona’s primary elections up from August to the second-to-last Tuesday in July. -
A judge has intervened in the latest dust up between the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Recorder Justin Heap by temporarily blocking subpoenas that would have required the recorder’s staff to testify before the board about allegations that voters were disenfranchised in past elections. -
In a three-way race, Chairman Kasey Velasquez earned a little over 400 votes, while his challengers both received nearly four times as much, according to unofficial results from the White Mountain Apache Tribe Election Commission. -
The chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors subpoenaed staffers from County Recorder Justin Heap’s office to clear up contradictory claims they’ve made in court and public meetings alleging some voters were disenfranchised in past elections.
