Republicans attack Arizona’s draft election procedures before final approval

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Republicans are already threatening to take Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to court over provisions in his 2025 elections rulebook, even though text won’t be finalized until December. “The Elections Procedures Manual cannot be used as a vehicle to rewrite Arizona law,” Petersen said in a statement. Fontes already deleted from the new draft some rules from the 2023 EPM in response to court decisions striking them down. Fontes released the EPM draft Aug. 1 and elicited public comment on it for 30 days, even though Fontes maintains that he isn’t legally required to do so. The secretary of state is required to publish a new version of the manual every two years.