{"id":18469,"date":"2024-04-19T06:25:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/arizona-republican-accused-of-forging-signatures\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T06:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:25:17","slug":"arizona-republican-accused-of-forging-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/arizona-republican-accused-of-forging-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Republican accused of forging signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m107833-mcdn.mp.lura.live\/iupl\/20D\/F87\/20DF87FA308E3BCCCE0034077C10B00E.jpg?Expires=2082758400&#038;KeyName=mcpkey1&#038;Signature=lT8HHbjBungpSrw_XglMGHBIEiI\"><\/p>\n<div>Austin Smith, a leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action, resigned from the organization and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was accused of forging signatures on his nominating petitions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Smith, a leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action, resigned from the organization&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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