Far-right ex-Arizona lawmaker indicted for fake petition signatures

Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith has been indicted on 14 misdemeanor and felony counts for allegedly forging voter signatures on his petitions for reelection last year.  A former member of the state legislature’s far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, Smith dropped his reelection bid last spring after he was accused of personally forging more than 100 petition signatures to get on the 2024 Republican primary ballot. …



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