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Pro-Trump protesters — some of them openly carrying rifles and handguns — rallied outside vote-tabulation centers in a few cities around the country Friday, responding to accusations from President Donald Trump that the Democrats were trying to steal the White House. Elections officials in several states where Democrat Joe Biden was ahead said the anger outside their doors made them fear for the safety of their employees. Roughly 100 Trump supporters gathered for a third straight day in front of the elections center in Phoenix, where hundreds of workers were processing and counting ballots. “Arrest the poll workers!" the crowd...

Senate President, Ken Bennett, R-1, finds it “troubling.” Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says he is “concerned” and has “serious questions about legality and ethics.” From the portentous rhetoric, a person could not be blamed for fearing that organized crime may have seized control of Arizona’s government, which millions in public funds have gone missing, or that some other major calamity has befallen us. It should come as a great source of relief to discover that all this hyperventilating is over the efforts of Sen. Jack Harper, R-4, to investigate a voting irregularity from the 2004 election. In the 2004...

Iam not a registered voter, although I do meet the qualifications. It is not that I am apathetic about politics and our government; that is not the case at all. In fact, I love politics and everything about it. And you won't find a bigger patriot than me in my entire family, immediate and extended. I enjoy watching the presidential debates, or any political debate for that matter, as well as learning about the different issues candidates talk about. It may seem shocking, but I really have a passion about the political system of not only the United States but...