October 29, 2004

Arizonans and the rest of the country will learn the outcome of voting on Proposition 200 — the initiative targeting illegal immigrants, a Maricopa County judge decided Thursday.

State lawmakers took the first steps Monday to ensure that someone can watch when cities and counties count the ballots that ask voters to approve tax hikes.

A Phoenix ex-con was charged Monday with 17 counts in connection with a Sept. 20 attack on two women that was attributed to the Baseline Killer.

A Phoenix ex-con was charged Monday with 17 counts in connection with a Sept. 20 attack on two women that was attributed to the Baseline Killer.

If it isn't broken, don't try to fix it. That's the battle cry for many local high school coaches since the conferences voted to alter what was a reliable vehicle for ranking schools in team sports.

Optimism blooms each spring at Mercury headquarters. Pessimism remains at summer’s end. Since millennium’s turn, circumstance, luck, health and their own flaws have wrecked playoff pursuits, and a vicious cycle was born. The Mercury open the 11th season of this high-to-low cycle tonight, embarking on a seventh consecutive quest to find fulfillment at season’s end.

A proposal to amend Arizona’s Constitution to forbid any law that would restrict a person’s right to choose and pay directly for medical care remains too close

Voters grappled with partisan challenges to their registrations, broken equipment and other troubles Tuesday as legions of lawyers, election-rights activists and computer scientists watched for signs of voter disenfranchisement.

MEXICO CITY - Felipe Calderon's slim lead in Mexico's presidential race was called into question as an official recount of vote tallies showed his leftist opponent slightly ahead late Wednesday. However, Calderon insisted he had won and even offered to include his rival in his Cabinet.

We were warned about Rick Renzi eight years ago. You may remember that excellent candidates were passed over in favor of the charismatic carpetbagger, whose robust election treasury allowed for slick brochures to inundate rural Arizona mail boxes. Now, the Justice Department alleges something is amiss with the interloper.

Some individuals who claim that touch-screen voting machines are not reliable will get a chance to make their case in court.

Saying the state can't count on future federal funds, a legislative panel voted Wednesday to make Arizona the first -- and only -- state to withdraw from the federal Medicaid program.

MEXICO CITY - A presidential election without a clear winner Monday set up the greatest test yet of Mexico's young democracy, with ruling-party candidate Felipe Calderon starting to build a government even as his rival vowed to challenge every last vote.

MEXICO CITY - A presidential election without a clear winner Monday set up the greatest test yet of Mexico's young democracy, with ruling-party candidate Felipe Calderon starting to build a government even as his rival vowed to challenge every last vote.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's landmark constitution seemed assured of passage Sunday after initial results showed minority Sunni Arabs had fallen short in an effort to veto it at the polls.

September 7, 2004

LONDON - Americans seeking a change in foreign policy and a new national image abroad flocked to churches in Rome, town halls in England and an Irish pub in Hong Kong on Tuesday to vote in a Democrats Abroad primary.

Arizona voters may be able to cast their ballots in 2014 at any polling place anywhere in the county.

The future of voting is online, and moving Arizona’s elections to the Internet would save money, deter voter fraud and increase efficiency, a state lawmaker says.

State senators voted Wednesday to make gold and silver legal tender in Arizona -- but not copper, cattle, cotton, citrus or climate.

The Mesa Unified School District’s elected officials will vote Tuesday on a budget packed with more than $500 million in spending for next school year.

Queen Creek's primary is less than a week away, and some candidates for mayor and Town Council are disappointed about voter turnout.All mail-in voting totals as of Tuesday were at 26 percent, compared with about 38 percent by the same time in the 2006 primary.

Members of the U.S. House are intrigued enough by Arizona’s voting requirements to conduct a federal meeting in Phoenix to learn more about them Thursday.