Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Pro-Voting Executive Order
Source: Democracy Docket
The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a right-wing lawsuit on Thursday challenging two 2023 executive orders signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) that expanded voting access across the Grand Canyon State.
In November of 2023, Hobbs signed two executive orders — one that authorized the use of state facilities as voting locations and another to expand voter registration. Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda and two voters filed a lawsuit in August challenging both executive orders, alleging that they violate the state’s constitution because only the state legislature and state and local election officials have the authority to decide where voters can register to vote and drop off their ballots.
In the Court’s order dismissing the lawsuit, Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer wrote the petitioners “have not presented adequate justification for the action to commence in this Court rather than the superior court.”
Swoboda’s lawsuit is the latest in a right-wing legal assault on Arizona’s voting procedures and practices. According to Democracy Docket’s litigation tracker, there are currently 11 active anti-voting cases in Arizona, which includes challenges to the state’s election procedures manual, voter roll maintenance and election administration procedures.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-republicans-sue-governor-over-pro-voting-executive-orders/
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