PHOENIX – A lawsuit challenging an Arizona election integrity law involving paid and out-of-state petition circulators has been by the plaintiffs after the Attorney General’s Office prevailed at the Ninth Circuit Court last Friday.
The plaintiffs including Jessica Miracle, a group of petition signers, circulators, sponsors, and initiative proponents dropped their lawsuit against the State of Arizona.
The lawsuit Miracle v Hobbs, challenged Arizona’s law that requires paid and out-of-state circulators to make court appearances when subpoenaed, if the signatures collected are challenged.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the plaintiffs’ request to suspend the law and kicked the case back down to U.S. Federal District Court.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office intervened on behalf of the State after the Secretary of State declined to defend the statute. This is one of four times so far in 2020 where the Secretary has declined to defend state election laws.