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Oct 22, 2024 · GET AZCIR UPDATES. About AZCIR. The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is the state’s only independent, nonpartisan and collaborative nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide, data-driven investigative reporting. AZCIR holds powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and systemic inequities through ...
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We create interactive graphics and maps for you to explore our stories, including searchable databases. Second, we are the only nonprofit investigative newsroom in Arizona, and we are dedicated to independent reporting that holds those in power to account. AZCIR holds powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and ...
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About AZCIR. The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is the state’s only independent, nonpartisan and collaborative nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide, data-driven investigative reporting. AZCIR holds powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and systemic inequities through investigative journalism.
ELECTIONS - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Election officials didn’t count 27,327 ballots cast by Arizona voters in the November election, rejecting more than twice the 10,457 votes that flipped the state for President-elect Joe Biden in what was the closest raw vote margin of any state in the nation. The uncounted votes, which are legally rejected by officials for reasons such….
Could it take two weeks to count all Arizona ballots in the 2024 ...
Nov 4, 2024 · Yes. Arizona officials have estimated that general election results could take about two weeks to finalize this year, which is consistent with past elections. The state’s most populous county, Maricopa, has one of the largest voting constituencies in the U.S., with roughly 2.6 million voters registered for the 2024 general election.
Constitutional Sheriffs: An AZCIR investigative series
More than half of Arizona’s county sheriffs are at least partially aligned with a growing movement of so-called “constitutional sheriffs” whose ideology could radicalize law enforcement by indoctrinating them with false legal theories, according to a months-long AZCIR investigation. The theories promote an exaggerated definition of sheriffs’ authority, urging them to nullify laws they ...
Outbreaks, quarantines and closures in AZ schools - Arizona …
Aug 17, 2021 · Since students returned to in-person learning in August, districts have reported more than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and required thousands of students to quarantine. A clear picture of school-based COVID-19 outbreaks has so far proven elusive, given the rapidly evolving situation and the fact that neither the Arizona Department of Health ...
How AZCIR identified Arizona’s ‘constitutional sheriffs’
Oct 20, 2022 · To that end, AZCIR used additional criteria beyond group affiliation to define which sheriffs are part of the extremist “constitutional sheriff” movement. The movement is built around a radical ideology that the sheriff’s power within his or her county is superseded by no state or federal government entity but is guided by the sheriff’s ...
LAW ENFORCEMENT - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
A national group of sheriffs that claims its authority supersedes that of the state and federal government has spread its ideology to dozens of states in recent years, in part by gaining state accreditation for its taxpayer-funded law enforcement training. Some states and localities are pushing back, including in Texas, Washington and Nevada.
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