Election

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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AZ Morning Briefing, 10-2: Biggs Debates A Blank Lectern, Petersen and Maupin, Ammel Meltdown Continues, Where Do the Candidates Live? And More

•BIGGS STANDS ALONE–Highlighting the fact that Governor Hobbs refuses to debate him, Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican opponent released a 15-minute video yesterday where he debated an empty podium. Comedian Rob Schneider, calling himself “Roberto Schneidecky,” moderated the “debate” while...
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Arizona Morning Briefing 9-30: Gallego Vs. Champion, The Trials of Matthew Ammel, Halloween Comes Early To Fountain Hills, and More

•KATE GALLEGO’S ENDLESS THREAD–After Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego tweeted the uncontroversial opinion yesterday that data centers “must give back to the communities they’re in,” political consultant and de facto Attorney General Kris Mayes surrogate Stacey Champion clapped back “Good to...
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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-29: Eight Illegal Voters, Scottsdale Axon Opponents File Appeal, Treasurer’s Race Gets Dirty, and More

•EIGHT NONCITIZENS VOTE, DEMOCRACY IS IN DANGER–Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s dramatic noncitizen SAVE database sweep of the voter rolls ended up flagging 60 voting “noncitizens”, Votebeat reported yesterday. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Monday afternoon that her office...
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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-25: Clean Elections Presses, Hobbs Files on Behalf of Tohono O’Odham, Police Charge Sinema’s Ex-Lover With Art Destruction, and More

•SINEMA’S HOME WRECKED–If you think you’re having a bad week, at least you’re not former Senator Krysten Sinema, currently party to a lawsuit in North Carolina under that state’s “homewrecker” law. In legitimate wrecking news, police charged Sinema’s former lover,...
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