Arizona Senator Catherine Miranda voted this week against the legislation that requires Arizona students to pass a basic civics test.
Forgery accusations revisited in Catherine Miranda race
Allegations that state Rep. Catherine Miranda’s campaign forged voter signatures during the last election cycle are being rekindled as she faces a bitter Democratic primary fight in her run for state Senate.
Miranda’s opponent in the Aug. 26 primary, Army reservist Aaron Marquez, has made her past legal woes a focal point of the campaign. He is accusing Miranda of dodging questions over whether she committed campaign fraud during the 2012 election.
The rivals are duking it out for their party’s nomination in solidly blue Legislative District 27, which encompasses south Phoenix and parts of Guadalupe and Tempe.
Arizona primary ballot box stuffing caught on tape
A. J. LaFaro, Chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee testified at the 2013 hearings before the Arizona State Legislature regarding election reforms that eventually became HB-2305. At the time of its passage, opponents claimed the law would suppress the vote and disenfranchise the mostly Hispanic community.
In February 2014, the Arizona Legislature, caving to pressure from special interests groups, repealed the law.
Questions raised about Arizona ballot harvesting from nursing homes
One woman has since passed away, yet someone at the registered address has used her ballots to vote in the last 4 elections
Among the many mostly vitriolic comments left by readers of the AZDI article: Arizona primary ballot box stuffing caught on tape, one told a simple truth. A commenter, going by the name of Nelson wrote, “CBA helps collect absentee ballots from nursing homes, disabled people, and so forth – and have done so FOR YEARS legitimately….”