Arizona
Arizona lawmakers propose changing primary election date
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Arizona lawmakers met in a joint session to talk about changing the primary election dates.
It could alter the dates for this year but will happen in 2026 at the latest. The lawmakers have said they will have a final decision by the end of the week.
The discussion is due to SB 1008, a piece of legislation that was passed in 2022.
Normally, a recount is done in Arizona whenever the difference in a race is .1 percent of the total votes cast. SB 1008 changed that margin to .5 percent.
In a race with 3,000,000 people voting, the leader needs 3,000 more votes than everyone else or a recount would be required. With the change to .5 percent, the winner would need 15,000 more votes or there would be a recount.
With the primaries on the way leading up to the presidential election in November, officials will need more time to conduct their recounts if needed.
“This perfect storm of issues is slated to rise a couple more times over the next couple of decades,” said Rep. Jacqueline Parker (R-15). “And so, moving the primary up in the future to May is a long-term solution to that.”
HB 2785 and SB 1733 are virtually the same, each being introduced in their respective chambers. They both call for future primary elections to be held on the second Tuesday of May, starting in 2026.
But what about this year?
Lawmakers are proposing to move it up one week from Aug. 6 to July 30, the date when voters may head to the polls instead. However one lawmaker representing Tucson has concerns that all counties and Native American tribes have not been fully informed.
“The counties may be in support, but we never want to forget our tribal nations, and we want to make sure they have been appropriately consulted, and in this case, we are understanding significantly that the Navajo Nation indicated some concern and alarm,” said Sen. Priya Sundareshan (D-18).
Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly also raised concerns about the proposed bills, citing the voter verification guidelines, and changing the cure deadline from business to calendar days.
“For those who live in areas where postal mail takes extra days to reach them, internet and/or phone services are unreliable, there’s a lack a public transportation infrastructure, and a greater dependence on public computers and public Wi-Fi, taking a day away from a cure period could have a significant impact,” Cázares-Kelly said in a statement.
Both SB 1733 and HB 2785 were passed during Tuesday’s joint committee and will head to the full Senate for a vote.
To fully give counties and tribes time to prepare, state lawmakers are pushing for a final decision this week.
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The UA Women’s tennis team (3-2) fell to SMU (3-1) 4-0 Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas, Texas. The match had both singles and doubles competition, with SMU winning the doubles two matches to zero and the singles three matches to zero.
Singles
In the singles play, Arizona Junior Martyna Ostrzygalo lost to Senior Gina Feistel in 2 sets, with the first set ending 6-3, and the second set ending 6-1. The second matchup saw SMU freshman Amelie Van Impe defeat Arizona’s freshman Ciara Moore in two sets, 6-4 and 6-2. The third and final matchup saw SMU’s No.46 sophomore Sophie Llewellyn take a victory against senior Danielle Tuhten, 6-0, and 6-2. Three matches were left unfinished.
Doubles
The doubles followed the same pattern. Martyna Ostrzygalo and Danielle Tuhten were beaten by Junior Caroline McGinley and Amelie Van Impe, 6-1. Then, Arizona Sophomore Maria Garcia and Ciera Moore were overwhelmed by freshman Ellie Mireles and Gina Feistel, as the match went unfinished with the score of 5-3. The third and final match saw Arizona’s junior Josie Usereau and Sophomore Stephanie Shogreen bested by SMU’s junior Natalie Stasny and Sophie Llewellyn, 6-3.
What’s next
The UA Women’s tennis team will travel to Santa Barbara to play in the University of California Santa Barbara invitational tournament.
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Three members of an Arizona fraternity are facing a hazing charge in connection with the death of a student during a pledge event this weekend, police said.
Officers were called to a residence on Saturday morning to help with an unresponsive 18-year-old male, according to the Flagstaff Police Department. The young man was not breathing and bystanders had been performing CPR by the time officers arrived at the scene.
He was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived at the house, police said. Police identified the young man only as a student at Northern Arizona University.
Police said detectives executed search warrants for the residence and interviewed several witnesses, learning that there was a rush event for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity there the night before.
“Alcohol consumption was reported to have occurred by numerous individuals in attendance, including pledge candidates, which includes the deceased male,” police said.
Three members of the fraternity’s executive board were arrested and booked into jail on a charge of hazing, police said. They were identified as Ryan Creech, fraternity vice president; Carter Eslick, new member educator; and Riley Cass, treasurer.
Court records were not immediately available for the three 20-year-old fraternity members and it is unclear whether they have retained attorneys.
Northern Arizona University released a statement Saturday describing the death as a “devastating loss” to the university’s community. It also acknowledged the three arrests, saying that the death occurred at an off-campus residence associated with the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
“We want to be clear: The safety and well-being of our students remain our highest priorities,” the university said. “Violence, hazing or any other behavior that endangers others has no place at NAU.”
The university added that it was suspending Delta Tau Delta while it conducts its own investigation regarding potential violations of university policies.
Arizona passed a law in 2022 that made hazing a criminal offense in honor of Jack Culolias, who died as a freshman at Arizona State University. Hazing resulting in death is a Class 4 felony, according to the law.
Culolias was drinking during a pledge event at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in 2012 when he drank so much alcohol that he eventually drowned by falling into Tempe Town Lake after he was last seen leaving a fraternity event, according to NBC affiliate KPNX.
TEMPE — Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley is relatively pleased, yet not exactly thrilled with his team’s performance in what was an 87-74 loss to the top-ranked Arizona Wildcats on Saturday afternoon at Desert Financial Arena.
Hurley discussed a wide range of topics during his press conference that featured a surprising amount of praise for their rival.
Watch Hurley discuss the result of the game, reflect on the season series against Arizona, and more below.
Hurley Discusses What Went Wrong
Arizona State brought a free-flowing offense, intense on-ball defensive pressure, and well-timed shot making to the table in what resulted in a game that was tied at 38 going into the half.
The Wildcats asserted their physical dominance over the last 20 minutes of the game, which is something Hurley didn’t mince words on following the final buzzer.
“This game felt like very similar to like a mirror of our last game in Tucson, just really good first half, and then you know, whether it’s they’re just too big and physical that you know they wear you down, and eventually… the encouragement of having our defense in front of us in the first half and now down at the other end, and we just weren’t able to stand up to challenge on the interior, whether that meant, you know, stopping their drives or getting a big defensive rebound when we needed to, we still had our chances.”
There were several points in the final 10 minutes in which Arizona State had an opportunity to bring the deficit down to two possessions or less, although the Wildcats’ sheer physicality, depth, and timely shot making resulted in remaining undefeated.
The 11th-year head coach also discussed Arizona State’s shortcomings on the offensive side of the ball – including not shooting well enough to keep up with an Arizona offense that continued to fire on all cylinders.
“We didn’t shoot free throws well. think we were four for 15 on unguarded threes. So things against the team, as good as this Arizona team, is you can’t afford to do those things offensively.”
Arizona State shot 27-65 from the floor, 8-24 from behind the arc, and missed eight free throws – including ones in key moments that has potential to bridge the gap that had been built in the second half.
Hurley Discusses “Putting Things Together”
Hurley was pleased with what he saw overall in the loss, although there were areas that the team fell short in that were made an emphasis.
“It’s kind of too late to put things together, I would say. But like, more or less like, we’ve been scrappy… we’ve beaten, beaten Texas, Oklahoma, being Santa Clara, close games, fortunate to win a couple of them, we’ve kind of done as good as we can do… Now we should be able to shoot free throws better. There’s no excuse for that. There had to be two or three more rebounds that we should have gotten that we didn’t get. Maybe if you do that, it closes the gap a little bit.”
One would have an incredibly strong case to make that Arizona State would be considered a bubble team in the NCAA tournament picture at absolute worse had they prevailed against Oregon State, Colorado, and UCF.
A pair of competitive losses to Arizona, an effort that had Gonzaga sweating, and a 13-point loss to UCLA that was really only realized in the closing minutes of the game have displayed what team the Sun Devils can be, although they have yet to capitalize in capturing a season-defining triumph.
The acknowledgement that the Sun Devils were “close” to their ceiling in this game serves as a stark reminder that the team has so much potential to be a competitive one, but they have yet to fully realize it over a full 40 minute game – at least in Big 12 play.
The Sun Devils return to action on Wednesday night in a road battle against the Utah Utes.
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