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Arizona abortion ruling is a win Kari Lake didn’t need in key Senate race

The Republican former TV anchor is trying to soften her election-denying image against the Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego in one of the year’s most closely watched races

The Guardian - US

The most detailed look yet at the 'exodus' of local voting officials

A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in the past two decades. But the report also adds new context to the phenomenon.

WEKU

Evicted, arrested and sued for Trump

Another week, another round of people destroying their lives while Trump skates free of consequences

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Kari Lake Faces Defamation Lawsuit Over Election Conspiracy Claims

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake faces defamation lawsuit over false election claims in Arizona.

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Kari Lake won’t contest claims she defamed Arizona election official

Republican sued last year by Stephen Richer, top Maricopa county official, after she lost her gubernatorial bid and lied about him

The Guardian - US

‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona

The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats of those claiming voting is rigged – and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury

The Guardian - US

Judge rebukes Kari Lake election suit

Lake's third election lawsuit sought to examine 1.3 million early ballots in her Arizona loss

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Kari Lake's 3rd trial begins after unsuccessful lawsuit challenging her loss in governor’s race

Kari Lake went to trial in another lawsuit filed over her loss in the 2022 Arizona governor’s race

The Independent UK

Mark Z. Barabak: Kari Lake is a deceitful fraud. Now she'll have to defend her lies in court

Ever since her clear and unequivocal loss in the race for Arizona governor, Kari Lake has traveled the country posing and strutting like a conquering hero.

Los Angeles Times

Arizona Republican election official sues Kari Lake for defamation

A top Republican election official in Arizona has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake, who falsely claims she lost the 2022 race for governor because of fraud

The Independent UK

Fox paid $787.5m for its 2020 lies. But will that restore confidence in elections?

Fox was never forced to admit to its deceptions, and the far-right echo chamber is still obsessed with voting conspiracy theories

The Guardian - US

Former attorney general in key state withheld evidence debunking 2020 election fraud

Republican Mark Brnovich’s successor releases reports that debunked claims of fraud in Maricopa county in 2020 election

The Guardian - US

An Arizona official has a plan to speed up election results. Not everyone is on board

Arizona's Maricopa County faced criticism as it took days to count its votes in 2022. The county's Republican recorder has a proposal to try to fix the problems he sees.

WEKU

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation

Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have become adept at batting down slanted, false or nearly false claims about how they ran last week’s election and are counting ballots

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Arizona's Maricopa County says it's identified a solution for voting equipment issues

The issues with the tabulators were quickly used by right-leaning influencers to fuel claims of fraud.

Los Angeles Times

Arizona election officials brace for impact in battle against conspiracy theories

PHOENIX — Two years after former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the electoral process remains in the shadow of the 2020 election, plagued by threats to election workers, efforts to misinform or intimidate voters and the rise of far-right candidates who have echoed false…

ABC News

Trump favourite Kari Lake is one of hundreds of midterms candidates who claim the 2020 election was stolen. She could win in Arizona

Arizona — where an election-denying former TV anchor is taking on the current secretary of state — is among a handful of states that could shift the balance of the Senate towards the Republicans, and set the stage for a Trump 2024 run.

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At the Races: Keys to the Senate - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation

Arizona's secretary of state has referred at least six potential voter intimidation complaints near ballot drop boxes to law enforcement.

The Independent UK

Arizona sheriff steps up security around ballot drop boxes

The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix says he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election

The Guardian - US

The ‘election-denier trifecta’: alarm over Trumpists’ efforts to win key posts

Republican contenders for secretary of state, attorney general and governor have loudly echoed Trump’s false claims of election fraud

The Independent UK

Fighting bogus claims a growing priority in election offices

Local election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that can confuse, anger and disenfranchise voters

The Independent UK

FACT FOCUS: Why final election results take days, not hours

As election workers spend long hours tallying ballots in Arizona and elsewhere in the days after Tuesday’s primary elections, some critics are arguing they should be finished counting by now

WEKU

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

Positive messaging about democratic values like freedom and unity seems to have a meaningful effect on whether voters say they trust voting results.

WEKU

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona

Despite a discredited election review and false claims about the 2020 election, this year's primary, coming up on Tuesday, isn't all that different in Arizona's biggest county.

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