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The FBI’s probe into Arizona’s Maricopa County 2020 election opened a new avenue for Trump to attack free and fair elections. But the far-right claims of voter fraud in Arizona motivating the FBI probe are based on old, debunked allegations that never stood up to scrutiny, despite repeated investigations and reviews.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and several Democratic officials and voting rights organizations have denounced the FBI’s decision to subpoena records related to the 2020 presidential election in Arizona’s Maricopa County, characterizing it as an attempt to undermine trust in elections.
The FBI is probing past elections in Arizona’s largest county, according to a top Republican state lawmaker, who says he provided the bureau with records related to the 2020 election.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and reinstate key parts of Arizona’s restrictive voter registration law.
After meeting with a handful of far right election deniers in Arizona, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem held a short press conference Friday to rally support for a proposal the Brennan Center for Justice is calling “the most restrictive voting bill ever.”
Fontes sat down with Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias to discuss the U.S. Department of Justice’s illegal request for voter rolls, his plan to protect voters in 2026, and why Arizona “puts the AZ in crazy.”
Our team has been digging in on what’s probably the most important ongoing voting story of 2026, which will shape the voting access landscape for the midterms: the unprecedented push by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain state voter rolls.
The Department of Justice sued Arizona and Connecticut Tuesday, expanding its unprecedented campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.
The top election officials in 10 states are banding together to push back against the Trump administration’s demands for voter registration records, sending a joint letter Tuesday to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the federal government to clear up the contradictory statements the agencies have made over the data’s use.
An Arizona appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by Mohave County Supervisor Ron Gould that tried to defend a plan to hand-count every ballot — a proposal rooted in election denial rhetoric that has spread through swing states since 2020.