Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Phoenix

Reporter covering voting issues in Arizona

Education: University of Idaho, BS in Journalism

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez writes about voting issues in Arizona for The Washington Post. Her reporting focuses on how state and local officials navigate pressures on the administration of elections, while tracking legislative and legal battles over voting rules and access to the polls. She also tells the stories of people and communities who have lost faith in American democracy. She previously covered politics for the Arizona Republic.
Latest from Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races

Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.

September 17, 2024
Election workers sort mail-in ballots for the 2022 midterm elections that were dropped off at polling locations in Maricopa County on Nov. 8, 2022, in Phoenix.

Mark Meadows’s Arizona charges to stay in state court, federal judge rules

The ruling is a setback for the former Trump White House chief of staff, who unsuccessfully tried the same legal maneuver in a separate case in Georgia.

September 16, 2024
An Arizona judge denied a request by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his case from state to federal court.

A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies

The euphoric mood at the Democratic National Convention this week came alongside growing concern that the former president’s backers could attempt to undermine the outcome.

August 23, 2024
A supporter signs a Trump-themed bus ahead of a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Harrisburg, Pa., on July 31.

The winners and losers of the DNC seating chart

As thousands of delegates gather in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, some will have much better seats than others in the United Center.

August 19, 2024

Mark Meadows tries to move his Arizona case to federal court

Trump’s former White House chief of state has unsuccessfully tried a similar legal maneuver in a separate election interference case in Georgia

August 15, 2024
Mark Meadows, who was chief of staff in the Trump White House.

Former Colorado official found guilty for role in election equipment tampering

Tina Peters, a former county clerk, was accused of helping copy election information after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.

August 12, 2024
Tina Peters, a former clerk in Colorado's Mesa County, appears in court on March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel/AP)

Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to

The grand jury ultimately indicted 18 Trump allies, including Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani, over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

August 6, 2024
Donald Trump was described as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Arizona case.

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate in Arizona elector case

In a deal that allows Ellis to avoid potential jail time, she has agreed to provide prosecutors with evidence that could implicate other defendants.

August 5, 2024
Jenna Ellis, a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington.

With voting under attack, Arizona schools don’t want to be polling locations

As false information about elections continues to spread, many school leaders in Maricopa County have closed their doors to the democratic process.

August 5, 2024
A school crossing guard stops cars for voters entering a Phoenix polling station in 2020.

Arizona county official who took on election skeptics loses primary

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer lost the Republican primary to state Rep. Justin Heap, who has voted for legislation rooted in false information about elections.

July 31, 2024
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) speaks to journalists on Nov. 9, 2022, in Phoenix.