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Posted on 03/16/2026 5:17:19 PM PDT by Bullish
In a letter, AG Kris Mayes and SOS Adrian Fontes warned that election officials who improperly release protected voter information could face criminal consequences
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes have sent letters to county recorders urging them not to comply with federal requests for voter data tied to new investigations into the 2020 election.
The letters were sent as federal authorities, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, pursue probes related to the 2020 presidential election in Arizona.
In the joint correspondence to county officials, Mayes and Fontes warned that providing certain voter information to federal investigators could violate state and federal law.
They urged county officials to refuse any requests for full voter registration files containing personal identifying information.
“I implore you to fulfill your oath by declining any such illegal demands,” the officials wrote in the letter to county recorders. The letter also warns that election officials who improperly release protected voter information could face criminal consequences. Mayes and Fontes wrote that “the failure of any election official to follow Title 16’s requirement is also a class 6 felony offense.”
Also today in Arizona: the Arizona Attorney General and Secretary of State sent a letters to county recorders, imploring them to notify them immediately if their offices receive federal grand jury subpoenas demanding voter information. “I implore you to fulfill your oath.”… https://t.co/geCkpN56dr pic.twitter.com/6gTyVsKUwF
— Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (@yvonnewingett) March 11, 2026
The willingness of Mayes to prosecute election officials was demonstrated in 2023 when former Cochise County supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby were criminally charged with one count each of conspiracy and interference with an election officer after they delayed the canvass of votes cast in Cochise County in the November 2022 General Election.
The warning came shortly after Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen announced that the Senate had complied with a federal grand jury subpoena seeking records related to the legislature’s review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.
“The FBI has the records,” Petersen wrote on social media after turning over documents connected to the controversial 2021 audit of the county’s ballots, as reported by The Atlantic.
That audit, conducted after the 2020 election, ultimately reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, though it became a flashpoint in national disputes over election security and claims of voter fraud.
Federal investigators are reportedly seeking records tied to voter registration systems and election administration following the 2020 election. Earlier this month, the California Globe reported the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have opened probes related to Arizona’s election results, while a federal grand jury subpoena sought records connected to the Arizona Senate’s review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.
Mayes and Fontes argue that certain voter records, including data such as birthdates, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license information, are protected under law and should not be provided to federal agencies without proper legal authority.
The officials indicated that their offices would consider legal action if necessary to prevent the release of protected voter information.
“Our offices are committed to upholding the sanctity of Arizona’s elections and democratic process,” the letter states. They added, “We will pursue to the fullest extent of the law all possible remedies to ensure the integrity of Arizona’s elections and the privacy rights of its citizens.”
The letter was also issued amid an ongoing legal dispute between the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice over requests for detailed voter registration information.
The federal probes are part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to investigate allegations related to election integrity. Arizona has become a focal point of those investigations due to the state’s narrow presidential election margin and the controversy surrounding the Maricopa County audit.
Mayes and Fontes said their offices will continue to monitor the situation and coordinate with county officials on any federal requests for election records.
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We’ll arrest you if you cooperate with the FBI!
Arizona really is Mexico now.
Can they get Mark Kelly, Slotkin and the rest of the traitors to urge treason and noncompliance with federal law? Heard they have leftover makeup from the last time on the soundstage. Ready for their closeups. Unfortunately for us.
Subpoenas are for business records, not criminal evidence. The states should require what the 4th Amendment specifies - a Search Warrant issued upon a showing of probable cause that a crime has been committed, and the specifics of what the search is seeking.
Invoking your Constitutional rights is always appropriate in our country, unless we’re willing to take them away from everyone.
Tina Peters rots in jail and is assaulted by animals for gathering evidence of Democrat vote fraud (burn in Hell — soon — Jenna Griswold and Jared Polis), while these Arizona bitches walk free and defy the law.
Every day, the time for vigilante justice gets a little closer. I hope.
“Arizona really is Mexico now.”
That’s why Nancy Guthrie got kidnapped and the sheriff screwed up the investigation. Cooperation with cartels can be quite lucrative.
That would include devil-eared Kelly too.
The DOJ should PROSECUTE all of these LAWLESS State officials for OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. Defiance of a federal subpoena requires IMMEDIATE ARRESTS.
Paging Pam Blondi !!!
Hobbs, Kelly, Fontes, Mayes, etc., ALL INSTALLED BY A RIGGED SYSTEM. They do NOT represent the people of Arizona.
I love that Californication so-called conservatives moved to the cartel state of Arizona and thought things would be different.
We were overthrown
I believe interfering with the operation of a legally issued federal subpoena constitutes obstruction of justice, or some related offense.
And since the obligation to comply with federal law is, under the Constitution’s supremacy clause, an obligation that overrides contrary state law, the state laws they cite are no defense.
So arrest these mofos and let them sit in jail for a while.
Yep.
If States and counties get Federal money for elections, there is no such thing as an illegal voter data request from the Federal government.
This proves collusion.
They sound scared
Good article, combat boots!
“Hidden from lawmakers, new evidence emerges that the Biden White House knew that China accessed voter registration data as far back as 2020. But as a vote comes up on election security laws, legislators have been kept in the dark.”
And I’m sure not one democrat legislator was kept in the dark!
They all KNOW all about it.
Probably some repukes too!
That sounds similar to the old joke, (paraphrased) “What’s the difference between a democrat senator and a republican senator?”
“The democrat senator KNOWS when he’s lying.”
If the Feds made a valid request, as law applies, and still haven’t supplied the files, LOCK THEM OUT OF CONGRESS!! And stop paying them. Tell them to come back when you’ve passed election audits.
You could watch the packet transfers in real time.
The two in question are in state offices, AG and SoS. They’re not IN congress.
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