Jen Fifield

Jen Fifield

Senior Reporter

Jen Fifield previously covered Maricopa County and Phoenix for The Arizona Republic, including the high-profile review of the county’s 2020 election. Prior to that, she covered politics and government for local newspapers in Maryland and state policy for Stateline, a news service run by The Pew Charitable Trusts. She has won several regional press awards in Arizona and Maryland for her investigative, feature, politics and education reporting. Jen is a Phoenix native and graduated from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School.

Cochise County Republican Peggy Judd, who initially faced two felony charges, acknowledges that she failed to follow the law.

Claims of malfeasance by a losing sheriff candidate were ‘completely unsupported,’ investigators concluded.

Some of the key details depend on decisions by the Legislature. Ranked-choice voting would be an option.

A judge hears arguments in a dispute with Pinal County, which is refusing to follow a new state election rule aimed at reducing the number of rejected ballots.

Motor-vehicle agency labeled longtime residents as U.S. citizens, without obtaining proof. The state now says more than 218,000 voters are affected.

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes can’t threaten to exclude votes from a county that refuses to finalize results, a federal judge ruled, but he has other legal options.

The error put the eligibility of nearly 100,000 voters in limbo. The court said it would be too late — and unfair — to limit their rights now.

The record checks are critical for determining which voters go on the ‘federal only’ rolls. The state will have to resolve the issue in court, with time running out.