How Ari­zona is prepar­ing for anoth­er round of elec­tion attacks

Ari­zona is expect­ed to be one of the most fierce­ly con­test­ed states in the Novem­ber elec­tions, and offi­cials are prepar­ing for attempts to under­mine vote-count­ing oper­a­tions.
Con­trol of the Sen­ate and the White House could be deter­mined in the Grand Canyon State, and Ari­zona Sec­re­tary of State Adri­an Fontes and Mari­co­pa Coun­ty recorder Stephen Rich­er are among those prepar­ing for poten­tial attacks on the sys­tems.
The Asso­ci­at­ed Press report­ed that both men have engaged in efforts to rebuild pub­lic trust in elec­tion results in the state after base­less alle­ga­tions of wide­spread vot­er fraud and irreg­u­lar­i­ties chang­ing results were levied in the 2020 and 2022 elec­tions.
“We’re not talk­ing about Amer­i­can trans­porta­tion infra­struc­ture or edu­ca­tion infra­struc­ture, all the oth­er things that we real­ly want to see devel­op,” Fontes told the out­let. “Tha …