During the session, Hobbs vetoed numerous bills related to national security, particularly those related to border enforcement. Hobbs broke her previous record of 143 set in 2023.
‘When we don’t have elections that respect voters, that’s voter suppression,’ Arizona Speaker Steve Montenegro told The Federalist.
Emails show that in November of 2020, Hobbs reportedly abused her official secretary of state email by asking Twitter to take action against her “alt-right” critics. Critics have uncovered more emails and now state House Republicans want answers. Hobbs calls it a “sideshow.” This scenario is ongoing nationally.
Problems with ballot printers that caused lines to back up at some Phoenix-area polling places last year were due to changes to the paper, a retired Arizona Supreme Court justice concluded in a report released Monday. However, GOP candidate Kari Lake dismissed that report.
Hobbs, according to the judge, could be called to testify in her capacity as Arizona’s secretary of state, a position she currently holds. Earlier in the week, lawyers Hobbs submitted a motion to quash attempts to testify in her official capacity.
On Dec. 13, a hearing over Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s election lawsuit took place before a Maricopa County Superior Court judge. The filing is asking the judge to declare Lake the winner over governor-elect Katie Hobbs, or at least order a recount in Maricopa County where Lake claims voters were disenfranchised. A two-day trial has been agreed upon.
A judge overseeing an Arizona electoral lawsuit ruled on Friday that GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake may appoint an inspector to analyze a small selection of Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2022 midterm election.
An Arizona state senator and several voters in Mohave County filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State and Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County officials over the Nov. 8 midterm elections, drawing a rebuke from a Maricopa supervisor.
Judge Peter Thompson, in issuing the (pdf) order, wrote that the court has “reviewed” Lake’s “verified statement of election contest” and said the “matter will be set on an accelerated basis.”
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