Arizona Politics & News
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Vaccine Mandates Are ‘What a Tyranny Would Do,’ Arizona Lawmaker Says
Vaccine mandates are a direct violation of Americans’ personal freedoms, Rep. Andy Biggs says. “It’s what a tyranny would do. It’s what an authoritarian government would do,” the Arizona Republican told The Daily Signal. He says he grew concerned when White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the government’s community outreach targeted neighborhoods, and… -
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Arizona Senate Seeks More Voter Data as Election Audit Raises Questions
The Arizona Senate will seek more voter information from the state’s most populous county after a hearing Thursday about an audit’s findings on election results there, The Arizona Republic reported. The findings on Maricopa County’s presidential election results prompted auditors to pursue a door-to-door canvassing of suspect voters. This was a step that the Republican-controlled… -
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Arizona Governor Signs Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in Government
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a bill Friday that prohibits the instruction of critical race theory in the state’s local governments. House Bill 2906 prevents “the state and any local governments from requiring their employees to engage in orientation, training or therapy that suggest an employee is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether… -
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Supreme Court Rules for Election Integrity, Arizona Attorney General Says
The Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of clean elections by upholding two Arizona voting laws designed to prevent fraud, the state’s attorney general says. In a 6-3 decision, the high court upheld Arizona laws banning ballot harvesting and out-of-precinct voting. “[W]e need to recognize that the Constitution allows states to enact election integrity… -
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Arizona Resident: ‘As Much as Biden Is Letting Us Down, He Is Letting Illegal Immigrants Down as Well’
The Biden administration and its allies promote the narrative that Americans who support border security are racist, xenophobic, or uncompassionate, at best. But after six long months living with the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, border residents are frustrated and angry over the blatant disregard the administration has demonstrated—not only for the security and well-being of its… -
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Arizona Sheriff Describes How the Border Has Changed Under Biden
The effort to curb illegal immigration in his Arizona border jurisdiction has deteriorated dramatically since President Joe Biden took office, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels says. “When President Biden declared the southwest border a nonemergency, it stopped the physical barrier going up, it stopped all infrastructure completion, it stopped the subterraneal technology, it froze that… -
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Arizona Republicans Clash Over Audit of County’s Election Results
Arizona Republicans at the state level are squaring off against their counterparts at the county level over an election audit, even though leaders on both sides agree that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump to win Arizona’s 11 electoral votes. “This has nothing to do with overturning the election or decertifying electors or anything else. It… -
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Trump Antagonist Opposes Arizona Election Audit as Justice Department Official
A foe of former President Donald Trump is leading the Biden Justice Department’s push to discredit or halt an election audit in Arizona’s largest county—an issue that is heating up this week. Pamela S. Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, warned the leader of the Arizona state Senate… -
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‘We’re Being Overrun,’ Arizona Lawmaker Says of Border Crisis
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., says his state is being overwhelmed by the crisis at the southern border. “We’re being overrun,” Gosar tells The Daily Signal. “I mean, I was down in Yuma a week and a half ago, and we saw ‘coyotes’ just bring children over and just give themselves up. One ‘coyote,’ in the… -
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‘It Hurts Voters of Arizona,’ Lawmaker Says as Election Bill Rejected
Election legislation sponsored by Arizona state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, who represents eastern Maricopa County, failed Thursday after state Sen. Kelly Townsend, a fellow Republican, changed her vote to no. Townsend represents portions of Maricopa and Pinal counties. Ugenti-Rita joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the bill, how its defeat hurts Arizonans, and whether lawmakers will… -
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‘Keep Your Hands Off Our Elections,’ Arizona State Lawmaker Tells HR 1 Backers
Arizona just became the first state to formally oppose the Democrat-backed federal election overhaul bill known as HR 1 or S 1 now before Congress. Arizona state Rep. Jake Hoffman joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why he spearheaded Arizona’s resolution opposing the For the People Act. Hoffman also discusses a new Arizona law… -
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New Arizona Law Bans Outside Money to Help Run Elections
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed significant election integrity legislation into law. “With public confidence in our elections in peril, it’s clear our elections must be pristine and above reproach—and the sole purview of government,” Ducey said Friday in a signing letter. Arizona’s new law prevents private funding from going into elections, such as the $419… -
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Arizona Sheriff 60 Miles From Border Sees Spike in Arrests of Illegal Immigrants
A sheriff whose Arizona county is 60 miles from the southern border says his county is experience a direct impact from the flood of illegal immigrants streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. “We just this morning had a procedure where we chased a car,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb told The Daily Signal in an… -
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What This Arizona Sheriff Sees While Border Crisis Worsens
A border sheriff in Arizona says his county has hit a crisis point with the surge of illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. “We went from a year ago manageable [and] calm to unmanageable chaos and crisis,” Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Wednesday. “Checkpoints are… -
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Election ‘Safety’ Grants May Have Swung Arizona to Biden, Report Finds
Money from the founder of Facebook touted as being for safe elections during the pandemic may have affected the outcome of the presidential race in Arizona by driving up Democrat turnout, according to a government watchdog report. The grant from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan focused more on “voter education” than… -
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Justice Department Won’t Oppose Arizona Election Reform Before Supreme Court Hears Case
On the cusp of Supreme Court arguments about Arizona’s ban on the controversial practice of ballot harvesting, President Joe Biden’s Justice Department pulled a surprise maneuver—inaction. The Biden administration in effect maintained the same position, for now, as the Trump administration regarding a major election integrity case. In a carefully worded letter to the Supreme… -
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Arizona Congressman Shares What US-Mexico Border Is Like Now
Construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border stopped Jan. 20, thanks to President Joe Biden’s executive order, issued the day of his inauguration. What does this mean for the safety of Arizonans and many families who have ranches along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona? Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, joins the… -
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What You Need to Know About Election Litigation in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, and Arizona
Even though former Vice President Joe Biden has claimed victory in the presidential election, the Trump campaign has filed lawsuits contesting the results with current litigation in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona. In Pennsylvania alone, there are at least 21,000 dead people on the voter rolls. Is there a possibility that some of these… -
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What You Need to Know About Arizona’s Election Day ‘Sharpiegate’
Laurie Aguilera says her polling place gave her a Sharpie marker to fill out her ballot on Election Day in Maricopa County, Arizona, despite what her lawyers call state guidelines directing that “felt-tip writing utensils not be used.” Ink ended up bleeding through Aguilera’s ballot and election officials would not accept it. The Public Interest… -
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Arizona Voters Approve Proposition 207 to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Products
Arizona voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana products Tuesday, allowing individuals over 21 to legally possess up to 28 grams of cannabis and smaller quantities of concentrates, The Associated Press reported. Proposition 207 followed four years after a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana use was defeated, the AP reported. Republican lawmakers previously rejected changes…