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Arizona voters face more scrutiny of their citizenship and residency after judge upholds 2022 laws

Voters wait in line at a polling station at the Guadalupe Mercado shopping mall in Guadalupe, Arizona.

Government & Politics

Why Trump wants to ban barcodes on ballots, and what it means for voters and election officials

Election workers scan ballots at the scanning stations of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office and Election Warehouse on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2024.

Government & Politics

Arizona officials struggle to straighten out voter rolls after proof-of-citizenship mixup

Adrian Fontes speaks at the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, Arizona.

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How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to

Election officials from northern Arizona counties translating the November ballot into Navajo at the Coconino County Elections Center.

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Arizonans left off voter rolls just before primary because of problems with their forms

Yellow and white "Vote here" signage stored at a warehouse at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC) ahead of the 2024 Arizona Primary.

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How Arizona hopes to avoid a 'nightmare' if November ballot stretches to a second page

Maricopa County Elections Director Scott Jarrett casts a fake ballot during a mock election on May 29, 2024.

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Inside the private company Maricopa County depends on to power through the last-minute ballot slog

Sealed envelopes holding ballots cast in Maricopa County's presidential preference election in March zip through a high-speed scanner at Runbeck Election Services.

Government & Politics

Election distrust in Cochise County runs deep, and change is slow to come

Government & Politics

Arizona's federal-only voters are concentrated on college campuses, data show

University of Arizona main campus aerial view including University Mall and Old Main Building in Tucson

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Documents show Republican-led states struggling to clean voter rolls after leaving ERIC

Secretaries of state such as Frank LaRose of Ohio (left), Wes Allen of Alabama (center right), and Paul Pate of Iowa (right) led their states to depart from the ERIC program for cross-state voter roll cleaning. Also pictured is U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana (center left) at a news conference in July in Washington, D.C.