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tt’s finally here! At the time of this writing, polls open in just about 15 minutes in my state of Arizona, and the past few days have been anything but quiet. Since most people likely have been too occupied with living their everyday lives than following the last minute news of the 2024 general election cycle, I decided to give readers a brief recap–and a look ahead to Election Night in the Copper state. If you have your java of choice in hand, let’s go!

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Some of the biggest news relates to the office of Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, whom you might not be surprised is a Democrat. I previously wrote about the legal fight about the 218,000 voter registrations without proof of citizenship on file. It apears this was caused by a tech glitch at the Motor Vehicles Department, which flagged Arizonans improperly, and kept county recorders from assuring all legal voters can vote. Fontes refused to provide the list, even filing several appeals in state courts.

The good side won on Monday, with a Superior Court (appeals) judge ordering SoS Fontes to comply:

Fifield continues: 

The groups intend to send the list to county recorders. I’m not sure if they have it or not at this point. But I know with the whole problem I was reporting on this weekend it might be nice for them to have it to check their voters’ statuses? Not sure.

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It reads:

Despite AZ Secretary Adrian Fontes’ best efforts to falsely paint  @AZHouseGOP @AZSenateGOP as homicidal maniacs (totally unhinged argument not remotely grounded in reality), while he’s also actively preventing Recorders from having access to do their jobs … 

The Honorable Judge Blaney ruled in our favor in requiring Fontes to release to http://EZAZ.org the 98k voters impacted by the MVD “glitch” causing voters to not have proof of citizenship on record

Our only intent has always been to ensure the Recorders and Legislative leadership can do their jobs! And legal voters are enfranchised with confidence that their government is following the law in the operation of the elections!

Now that will happen! And the reputation of our happy, hardworking volunteers at http://EZAZ.org is restored!

Read More: Dem Arizona SoS Loses Appeal on Releasing List of 218K Registered Voters Who Failed to Prove Citizenship

And he finally did at around 10 p.m. MST (remember that AZ does not change its clocks):

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The X post reads: 

When AZ SOS announced the MVD Glitch, he promised to notify the Affected Voters.

He didn’t.

Then he carefully guarded the list, not even giving it to County Recorders.

Today, he FINALLY gave voters the tools to see if they are on The List.

Go to http://my.Arizona.vote and sign in to check if you are on The List.

There’s great news on early voting, which Republicans in Arizona now lead by almost 200,000!

My colleague Bob Hoge wrote on Monday about the cycle’s positive, national trend for Republicans on EV:

Read related: ‘Election Day’ Is a Thing of the Past—Over Half the Nation’s Voters Have Already Cast Their Ballot

What this means: Every Arizona congressional districts looks secure, based on EV ballot returns:

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If you need a refresher, here are the Republican candidates for those districts:

What about the hotly contested swing state, U.S. Senate race between Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)? According to the latest poll by pollster AtlasIntel, Lake leads the liberal Dem for the first time, 48.4 percent to 47.8 percent (0.6):

 

Pair of New Polls Just Dropped and They Show Lake Beating Gallego in AZ Senate Race

A final reminder for my fellow Arizonans: Our polls close at 7 p.m. If you’re in line at or before 7, you must be allowed to cast your ballot. Stay in line!

Lastly, a hopeful reminder about what the Arizona GOP is concentrating on–and spending its money on– this cycle. There’s one thing you aren’t going to see on Election Night (and no, I don’t mean election results):

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