Arizona

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18881032

A measure to expand abortion access will go before Arizona voters in November.

The state Supreme Court has rejected a bid by abortion opponents to block the issue from the ballot.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40146332

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18821027

The Republican National Committee is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in an Arizona election dispute this week and block up to 40,000 of the state’s registered voters from casting ballots in the presidential race.

Republican state lawmakers say these voters did not provide proof of their citizenship when they were registered and now they should be barred from from voting in person or by mail.

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Danielle Lang, a voting rights attorney for the Campaign Legal Center who worked on the case, said she found that argument to be surprising.

“They are trying to upend the law as it has been in Arizona at least since 2018,” she said. “The voters who registered using the federal form were not asked to provide proof of citizenship.”

She said the Republican lawmakers and their attorneys who brought the case “didn’t cite a single example of a noncitizen who was enrolled. Not one. Why would someone who is not a citizen try to register? It’s a felony and would get you deported, just to cast one ballot.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16491564

Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans at an Atlanta concert to incite a race war, feds say

Its going to be a hot one. No monsoon storms in the near future either. Stay cool out there.

The National Weather Service in Phoenix predicted that most of Arizona is going to have below-normal precipitation during the monsoon with above-normal temperatures, meaning Arizonans can face a hot and dry summer.

Arizona isn't just cactus. There were all sorts of flowers in bloom this weekend in Coconino National Forest.

The Flagstaff city council and Gov. Hobbs are asking President Biden to create a national monument of a million acres around the Grand Canyon to protect it from mining.

A wet monsoon would be good to keep the whole state from catching on fire after a wet winter encouraged growth. That may not be in the cards though