Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs defended her state's elections against baseless attacks by some Republicans, saying "with 100% confidence that elections in Arizona are secure and fair."
“We're going to continue to make sure of that in this 2022 election,” Hobbs, the state's top elections official, said Thursday while casting her ballot in the Aug. 2 Democratic primary election. “These are just more of the same conspiracy theories that they've been running on this entire election. And more examples of how they're working to undermine confidence in our elections and promote the 'Big Lie.'”
Hobbs, the Democratic frontrunner in her party's race for governor, will face off in November against the winner of the Aug. 2 Republican primary if she wins the nomination. A leading GOP gubernatorial contender, Kari Lake, has trumpeted lies about the 2020 vote in Arizona. And she hasn't yet acknowledged whether she'd accept the results of the election if she loses.
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Throughout Arizona, many Republican officials have tried to call into question the integrity of statewide elections. It's a strategy for galvanizing support among supporters of former President Donald Trump and, in some cases, a litmus test for party loyalty.
On Monday, an urgent message appeared on the Arizona Republican Party's Twitter account, falsely warning voters that ballots throughout the state were being stolen or destroyed in...
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