亚利桑那州最高法院维护选举手工规则的制定,不发表公开评论,维护国务卿Fontes的权威。 Arizona Supreme Court upholds election manual rulemaking without public comment, preserving Secretary of State Fontes' authority.

亚利桑那州最高法院裁定,州选举程序手册不需要遵循《亚利桑那州行政程序法》规定的标准规则制定程序,维护国务卿阿德里安·丰特斯通过单独立法程序创建手册的权力。 The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state’s Elections Procedures Manual does not need to follow the standard rulemaking process under the Arizona Administrative Procedures Act, upholding Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ authority to create the manual through a separate legislative process. 由首席大法官Ann Scott Timmer一致领导的裁决推翻了上诉法院先前的一项裁决,这项裁决要求有15天的公开评论期。 The decision, unanimous and led by Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer, reverses a prior appeals court ruling that had required a 15-day public comment period. 法院将案件发回上诉法院,审查2023年手册中关于可能与国家法律发生冲突的具体规定,包括关于公民身份证明和选票处理的规则。 The court sent the case back to the appeals court to review specific provisions in the 2023 manual for potential conflicts with state law, including rules on proof of citizenship and ballot handling. 民主党的Fontes认为,遵守APA会推迟更新,此后,他修订了2025年手册。 Fontes, a Democrat, had argued that complying with APA would delay updates, and he has since revised the 2025 manual. 该裁决保留了手册的法律效力,并肯定了选举官员在程序上的自主权。 The ruling preserves the manual’s legal force and affirms election officials’ procedural autonomy.