Election

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-13: Who Is Sending “Official” Campaign Texts? Why Did Corp. Comm Delete Open Meeting Video? Scottsdale Debate. And More

•MYSTERIOUS POLITICAL TEXTS–Arizona voters are receiving unidentified pro-Republican texts presenting an “official” independent voter guide that lists only GOP candidates. Another message reproduced a KJZZ story about Democratic superintendent candidate Teresa Leyba Ruiz but altered its headline and text to...
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Mesa Mayor John Giles speaking with attendees at a "Yes on 308 Cocktail Hour" event at Cowley Companies in Phoenix, Arizona.

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-12: Corporation Commission Kills Transcript, Giles Kills Traffic Tickets, Republican PAC Targets The Wrong Navajo, and More

• CORPORATION COMMISSION TRIES TO ERASE ITS OWN MEETING—The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously to retroactively redact portions of a public meeting transcript and video after commissioners discussed the firing of Laurie Woodall, an aide to Commissioner Lea Márquez Peterson,...
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Arizona Morning Briefing 10-7: Greene-Placentia Reports Sexual Assault While Campaigning, Turning Point Spends $18 Million on Biggs, Feely-Shah Debate, and More

• CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE REPORTS ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT–In a story that garnered significant national coverage, Democratic CD8 nominee Bernadette Greene-Placentia told the Phoenix New Times on Wednesday that two men allegedly  sexually assaulted her while she was repairing a campaign sign...
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Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-6: Runbeck Explains the Early Ballots, Lamon Tries to Prevent New Fake Electors Charge, Lieutenant Gov. Debate, and More

•RUNBECK RUNS IT BACK–Yesterday came the news that the voting-services company Runbeck had mailed 3,126 Maricopa County ballots six days early. Now Runbeck says those ballots required separate processing because they couldn’t use the U.S. Postal Service’s automated processing, wound...
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Arizona Morning Roundup, 10-5: Early Ballots Go Out Too Early, Pinal Supervisors File Complaints Against Miller, Arellano Demands Mayes Return Fonda Money, and More

•EARLY EARLY VOTING–Runbeck Election Services told the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office that it accidentally mailed 3,126 early ballots on Oct. 1, six days before the scheduled Oct. 7 mailing date. Recorder Justin Heap says his office didn’t authorize the early...
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