By Kendra Penningroth | Arizona Capitol Times
A federal judge on July 24 denied the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office’s attempt to get privileged documents containing voter demographics and related information from the national and local Democratic Party.
The order stems from a legal battle that began following the 2016 Presidential Primary, when hours-long lines and lack of reasonable polling locations prevented some Arizona voters from making it to the ballot box.
In April 2016, the national and local Democratic Party interests called on a federal judge to reassess the way Arizona handles voting procedures and laws. In the original paperwork, the plaintiffs said the entire state has engaged in “consistent activity that has created a culture of voter disenfranchisement” since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Arizona could have free-reign over its voting procedures.
