Arizona Judge Declines Request to Improve Election Security, Citing Timing

A Maricopa County Elections Department staff member counts ballots in Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 31, 2020. Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images

A judge in Arizona has rejected the state attorney general’s request to revamp election rules for the 2022 election cycle, citing timing as the reason for the rejection.

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge John Napper on June 17 denied Republican Attorney General (AG) Mark Brnovich’s request to ask Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, to improve the election procedure manual for the 2022 elections.