The Veridus BLOG

It’s not every election that a sitting U.S. Senator needs to call in  to cure his own ballot.  Yet, this is where Maricopa County finds itself following the first election canvass under Recorder Justin Heap.  As part of this week’s certification of the Nov. 4 election, it was revealed that nearly 6,000 mail-in ballots out of approximately 700,000 cast had been rejected by the Recorder’s Office due to signature concerns. Republican and independent voters were impacted the most

With a federally-imposed deadline passing this week without a deal on water cuts among the seven Colorado River basin states, the likelihood of litigation or federal intervention is only going up.

Do Democrats have their mojo back? After 12 months of soul-searching, reflection and countless political obits, Democrats romped Tuesday  with big victories in Virginia, New Jersey, Georgia, California and elsewhere. The wins raise further questions about the reliability of President Trump’s MAGA coalition during elections when his name isn’t on the ballot, and raise red flags for the GOP and its narrow House and Senate majorities as we approach the 2026 midterms. During the