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Jermey Duda
Jeremy Duda is the associate editor of the Arizona Mirror. His areas of expertise are redistricting, election and campaign finance law, and history (Arizona, U.S. and world). He is a Phoenix native and began his career in journalism in 2003 after graduating from the University of Arizona. He worked at the Arizona Capitol Times, where he spent eight years covering the governor’s office and two years as editor of the Yellow Sheet Report. His resume includes reporting for the Hobbs News-Sun of Hobbs, NM, and the Daily Herald of Provo, Utah. Jeremy is also the author of the history book “If This Be Treason: the American Rogues and Rebels Who Walked the Line Between Dissent and Betrayal.”
Arizona GOP proposal would allow lawmakers to reject election results
By: Jermey Duda - January 27, 2022
Lawmakers would decide whether to accept or reject the results. If the legislature rejects the results, any qualified voter can go to court to ask a judge to order a new election.
Supreme Court upholds Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ ban, in setback for voting rights law
By: Jermey Duda - July 2, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s ban on third-party ballot collections, reversing the 9th Circuit’s ruling last year that the prohibition violated the Voting Rights Act and raising the bar on future voting rights lawsuits. In a 6-3 opinion, the high court ruled on Thursday that Arizona’s 2016 law doesn’t violate Section 2 of the […]
Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act opened floodgates for new restrictions
By: Jermey Duda - October 7, 2020
It hadn’t even been a day since the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled one of the pillars of voting rights in America, and North Carolina lawmakers weren’t wasting any time. Republican legislators had been contemplating a bill that would require photo identification to vote. The bill had plenty of support, but it had spent the past […]