An Arizona voter initiative that would expand voting access and roll back tightened election laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Doug Ducey was teetering on the edge of failure Friday after a judge disqualified tens of thousands of signatures backers turned in to qualify it for the November ballot.
was teetering on the edge of failure on Aug. 19 after a judge disqualified tens of thousands of signatures backers turned in to qualify it for the November ballot.
The ruling released late Thursday night is the third handed down this week in legal challenges to voter initiatives filed in July. Attorney Korey Langhofer, who represents the pro-business Arizona Free Enterprise Club in the challenge to the election measure, said appeals are likely by his group and the initiative’s backers to Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Mikitish’s ruling.
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