Arizona
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40K Arizona voters from presidential election
PHOENIX (AZFamily)— The Republican National Committee is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block about 40,000 registered voters in Arizona from casting a ballot for president in November.
The RNC wants the Supreme Court to issue an emergency ruling in the case by Thursday before counties start printing ballots.
The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office said the ruling could affect about 41,000 thousand voters, largely service members, students and Native Americans who did not have birth certificates when they registered to vote.
Less than 11,000 votes decided Arizona’s last presidential election.
The lawsuit concerns a 2022 law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature, but the case has its roots in 2004, when Arizona voters passed Proposition 200.
The law required Arizonans to show “documentary proof” of their citizenship before registering to vote.
Critics immediately argued the law conflicted with federal law, and there have been a series of legal fights since.
The National Voter Registration Act, which requires all states to register voters who complete a standardized form, is at the core of these lawsuits.
The form asks voters to swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but it doesn’t require them to submit proof.
After an initial round of lawsuits culminating in a Supreme Court ruling in 2013, Arizona agreed to partially register voters who complete the form without documentary proof of citizenship.
Those voters could only cast ballots in federal elections, not state or local races.
The issue remerged in 2022 after the Republican-controlled state legislature passed another law banning these “federal only” voters from casting a ballot for president or voting by mail.
Lower courts ruled against the 2022 law, but the RNC filed an appeal this month, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.
The RNC argued federal rules cannot supersede “the Arizona Legislature’s sovereign authority to determine the qualifications of voters.”
“I think this is people trying to make sure that we trust the elections,” said GOP political strategist Chad Heywood. “The voters in Arizona have already spoken on these issues. When you put them in front of the voters, they’re overwhelming that they want proof of citizenship for people to be able to vote in any fashion.”
Attorneys for the Biden Administration urged the Supreme Court to reject the RNC’s appeal, saying, “judicial intervention at this stage would undermine the orderly administration of the election, risking the disfranchisement of thousands of voters who have already registered to vote using the federal form.”
The 2022 law has never taken effect, but the RNC argues it should.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, representing the Biden Administration, wrote that a sudden change so close to the election would result in “confusion and chaos.”
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PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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