Arizona Supreme Court instructs lower courts to resolve any 2024 election disputes quickly

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered its lower courts to make speedy decisions on electoral disputes, after it took the state nearly a month to certify its results in the 2020 presidential election.

Arizona became a focal point of election interference allegations, after former President Donald Trump sowed distrust in the election results. Some of Trump's biggest allies, including Rudy Giuliani and former chief of staff Mark Meadows, have been indicted over allegations that they attempted to overturn Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden.

The new order now requires superior court judges to resolve any electoral disputes in the wake of the 2024 election by Dec. 6, even if they must work outside of regular business hours or postpone other court business to do so.

“The administration of justice requires that priority be given to the resolution of post-election judicial proceedings,” Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer wrote in the two-page order. "Giving judicial priority to such statutory proceedings is of heightened importance in a presidential election."

The order comes after Pennsylvania's high court lessened its time for resolving election disputes over the summer.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage