By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol Times
An election reform group prepared to launch a litigation tracker to keep tabs on an anticipated surge in legal challenges to the 2024 election.
But after the presidential election yielded no widescale legal effort, and states having so far seen little promise of impending courtroom battles, the group had to pivot.
Election Overtime, a project of Election Reformers Network, sought to keep tabs on litigation expected to spring out of a close presidential race, and predicted tight contests in a handful of states, including Arizona.
The day after the election, Election Reformers Network President Kevin Johnson put out a letter noting a decision to postpone the launch of the tool designed to keep tabs on races contested in court.
Johnson wrote, “It was clear last night, there’s no overtime in this presidential race. It’s a different day than we expected, and maybe a different world.”
The presidential election sidestepped predicted legal challenges. And though contests could still emerge after Arizona’s statewide canvass on Nov. 25, those working in election spaces have so far noted a comparatively calmer post-election environment than in 2020 and 2022.
