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votebeat.org > arizona > 03/03/2026 > cochise-county-supervisors-ask-tulsi-gabbard-investigate-voting-machines-2022

This Arizona county defied election laws in 2022. Will it do so again?

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (914+ words) Four years after a conservative southeastern Arizona county tried to defy election laws, it may be gearing up to do so again. The Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted on Feb. 24 to send a letter to Director of National Intelligence…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 02/25/2026 > navajo-county-recorder-timothy-jordan-resign-replacement-election-official

Help wanted: New election official for rural Arizona county. Must be a Republican.

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (924+ words) Navajo County Recorder Tim Jordan was done fighting. He'd served as one of the county's top election officials for a year " and spent most of that time wrapped up in a legal fight after being indicted on criminal charges connected…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 02/13/2026 > dhs-noem-save-act-rumors-fears-maricopa

Kristi Noem’s last-minute visit to Arizona stokes speculation among election officials

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (586+ words) The announcement that Noem was planning to hold a press conference about "election security" at an undisclosed location in Maricopa County sparked rumors, ultimately baseless, about the purpose of her visit and whether it signaled an election investigation. Her press…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 10/22/2025 > pinal-maricopa-county-proof-of-citizenship-voter-registration

Arizona county suspends 1,100 voter registrations over citizenship proof error

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1016+ words) Thousands of voters in Maricopa County caught up in a state record-keeping error won't yet lose their voting rights for not providing proof of citizenship, county officials now say. But Pinal County has suspended more than a thousand voters affected…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 09/08/2025 > arizona-voters-may-still-lose-voting-rights-after-state-error

Some Arizona voters affected by state error could still see rights curtailed

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (889+ words) Thousands of Arizona voters caught up in a state record-keeping error will lose at least some voting rights if they don't prove their citizenship, despite a recent opinion from the state attorney general saying they should remain fully eligible to…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 08/22/2025 > senator-ruben-gallego-mark-kelly-cybersecurity-election-support

Arizona senators press for answers on federal support for election cybersecurity

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (584+ words) After a hacker broke into the Arizona Secretary of State's election website, the state's U.S. senators are asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security what kind of election cybersecurity support it's offering state and local governments. Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly,…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 07/30/2025 > maricopa-county-supervisors-recorder-justin-heap-stave-gallardo-text

Maricopa County supervisor takes aim at recorder over text messages

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (584+ words) Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo is calling for a public-corruption investigation into the Republican county recorder, Justin Heap, citing a claim Heap made about him in text messages while privately lobbying supervisors to give him more control over elections. In…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 07/22/2025 > iran-suspected-hacker-cyberattack-election-website-ayatollah-khomeini

Hackers who breached Arizona election website aimed at other targets, too

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (834+ words) Arizona officials say they have "moderate confidence" that the Iranian government or its affiliates are responsible for a cyberattack that breached the state's candidate web portal last month, and say the same actors attempted to breach servers for other agencies…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 07/09/2025 > maricopa-county-recorders-office-proof-of-citizenship-letters

What to do if you got letters from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1130+ words) Maricopa County voters who recently received letters from the Recorder's Office about their registration status may be confused by the two separate mailings, including one that's incorrect. But no matter what, they will need to act soon to make sure…...

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votebeat.org > arizona > 06/27/2025 > maricopa-county-voters-sent-incorrect-letter-warning-inactive-list

Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mails incorrect letters to 83,000 voters

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (438+ words) The Maricopa County Recorder's Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn't respond, a mistake the Recorder's Office blamed on a printing error. The voters, roughly…...