Regaining trust in our elections: a sit down interview with Secretary of State Adrian Fontes

Elections are repetitive things in Arizona: the major parties hold
their primaries in the summer, general election voting ends in
November and it takes days to count the ballots. And then in
recent years, we have at least two years of deniers claiming the
elections were stolen. Some might say that the 2022 election has
been over for almost a year. But some candidates are still
contesting the results in court, while the last legislative session
saw a raft of bills that would reconfigure elections. Apart from
never-ending election denialism, Arizona is seeing interest from
organizations eyeing a third party presence on this battleground
state’s ballots.   While there are still months until
Arizona’s presidential primary, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes,
his staff and county election officials across the state are busy
getting ready for what lies ahead.  This week on The Gaggle, a
podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com,
hosts Ron Hansen and Mary Jo Pitzl are joined by
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to discuss how his office is
preparing for a busy year in 2024, what he's doing to regain the
trust in the elections process and how he'll handle President
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