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Foes get to fight campaign finance law againOpponents of the state’s public campaign finance system are going to get another chance to try to void provisions of the law which can hurt candidates supported by special interests.Permalink [Filed under: Election Reform]Reversing its own earlier decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said state Treasurer Dean Martin can challenge a part of the Citizens Clean Elections Act.
The judges said the fact that Martin has said he will run again in 2010 means his challenge to the law did not evaporate after he was elected last year.
Posted by Editor at 06:35 PM
Live video of ballot counting, early-vote notification pushedThe Arizona Republic has the story.
Arizona voters could watch live video of their ballots being counted and receive notice if their early ballots were invalid under a pair of proposals designed to open up the elections system.Permalink [Filed under: Election Reform, Legislature]Proponents say the measures would put voters' minds at ease.
Posted by Editor at 06:31 AM
Story and poll: AZ bill's aim: stem political callsThe Arizona Daily Star has the story.
PHOENIX — Dinner might not be the best time to talk politics, but as many voters learned last fall, no moment is immune to an interruption from a political phone call.
Now a group of state lawmakers is looking to cut the cord on political solicitations bothering people who just want to be left alone during election season.
Posted by Editor at 05:56 AM
Lobbyists rush to donate to legislatorsArizona Republic has the story.
Last week, hundreds of lobbyists, their clients and other political insiders crowded a ballroom in the Wyndham Hotel in downtown Phoenix to pay their respects - and deliver campaign checks - to Speaker of the House Jim Weiers.The luncheon fund-raiser for the Phoenix Republican, which brought in about $90,000 or more, was one of at least 16 events - held in just three days last week - to raise cash for more than three dozen legislators.
Permalink [Filed under: Election Reform, Legislature]
Posted by Editor at 08:31 AM
Kyl, Pederson set record for state’s costliest raceEast Valley Tribune has the story.
We already knew the U.S. Senate race in Arizona was obscenely expensive; now we know just how obscenely expensive. Jon Kyl and Jim Pederson together spent $29.8 million on the race, according to Federal Election Commission reports. The total easily set a record for the most expensive political race in state history.Permalink [Filed under: Election Reform, Kyl]
Posted by Editor at 09:30 PM
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