By Howard Fischer | Arizona Capitol Times
Key Points:
- Pima County GOP sues to overturn polling place rules
- Lawsuit claims rules violate First Amendment rights
- Judge Michael Liburdi will decide on the lawsuit’s merits by May 29
The Pima County Republican Committee has filed suit to overturn certain rules about what people can and can’t do in and around state polling places.
Legal papers filed in federal court contend that Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes put regulations into the Elections Procedures Manual that impermissibly violate the First Amendment rights of both voters and those who are promoting candidates and causes outside of polling places. And the committee, along with chair Kathleen Winn, want U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi to declare those rules illegal and prevent election officials from enforcing them.
The litigation did not originate with the county party.
