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GOP ex-lawmaker, Turning Point Action leader, offered plea deal in petition signature forgery case

Austin Smith faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for forging over 100 voter signatures on reelection petitions, with a plea deal offered to potentially avoid trial.

Summary by Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith on July 31, 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Former Arizona legislator Austin Smith has been offered a plea deal in a multiple-felony criminal case that alleges he personally forged numerous voter signatures on his own petitions for reelection.  Smith was indicted in June by a Maricopa County grand jury on four felony counts for presenting documents he knew were forged to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, in …

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Arizona Mirror broke the news in on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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