Adrian Fontes

Fontes's office adopted an immediately effective policy barring employees from using nonpublic election information to profit from election wagering or prediction markets.

July 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Testified for a bipartisan bill to make a digital image of every Arizona ballot public so voters could check images against the recorded results (House Bill 2560). Governor Hobbs vetoed the bill.

February 10, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes opened Maricopa County's petition-signature verification process to public observation.

August 21, 2017Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: elections.maricopa.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes made $210,000 in new funding available to Arizona's 15 county recorders for voter-list maintenance and documented-proof-of-citizenship verification.

July 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes's office launched an updated bilingual BallotBot providing round-the-clock official answers about registration, ballot tracking, voting locations, identification, and election procedures.

July 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes launched a statewide BallotTrax public-service campaign and a redesigned, mobile-friendly Arizona.Vote site consolidating official voter information and services.

July 2, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes's office restored the E-Qual candidate system after identifying and testing fixes for cascading errors caused by the primary-date update.

February 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: apps.azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes joined Arizona legislative leaders in introducing the Voters First Act, a proposal for statewide vote centers, early-voting access, voter-data protections, ballot tracking, and dedicated election cybersecurity funding.

January 21, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes released the final report of his AI and Election Security Advisory Committee after deploying voter chatbots, text alerts, tabletop exercises, and authenticated-media tools during the 2024 election.

February 24, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes's office released a public report on Maricopa County's 2018 midterm elections, including turnout statistics, voter-experience surveys, and follow-up outreach.

February 5, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: content.govdelivery.com · researched July 13, 2026

As Maricopa County Recorder, Adrian Fontes announced a countywide reprecincting project to rebalance precincts and update election administration boundaries.

June 7, 2017Supports Government Efficiency

Source: elections.maricopa.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes made $210,000 in new funding available to Arizona's 15 county recorders for voter-list maintenance and documented-proof-of-citizenship verification.

July 24, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes's office adopted an immediately effective policy barring employees from using nonpublic election information to profit from election wagering or prediction markets.

July 16, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

A court upheld most voter-harassment and intimidation protections in Fontes's 2025 Elections Procedures Manual.

July 10, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes's office launched an updated bilingual BallotBot providing round-the-clock official answers about registration, ballot tracking, voting locations, identification, and election procedures.

July 8, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes launched a statewide BallotTrax public-service campaign and a redesigned, mobile-friendly Arizona.Vote site consolidating official voter information and services.

July 2, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a presidential executive order that sought federal control over voter eligibility, voter data, and mail voting.

April 3, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes's office restored the E-Qual candidate system after identifying and testing fixes for cascading errors caused by the primary-date update.

February 8, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: apps.azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes joined Arizona legislative leaders in introducing the Voters First Act, a proposal for statewide vote centers, early-voting access, voter-data protections, ballot tracking, and dedicated election cybersecurity funding.

January 21, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes completed a 2025 Elections Procedures Manual that Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes approved before the statutory deadline for the 2026 cycle.

December 23, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously sided with Fontes, holding that the Administrative Procedure Act does not govern adoption of the Elections Procedures Manual.

October 16, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes launched a secure UOCAVA voting system that preserved ballot anonymity and enabled military and overseas voters to complete the process from a personal device.

August 8, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Ninth Circuit reversed and vacated an injunction against Fontes, holding that Arizona could require acceptance of eligible No Labels members' candidate filings despite party leaders' objections.

July 11, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov · researched July 25, 2026

After malicious activity targeted Arizona's Candidate Portal, Fontes's office isolated the portal, completed a security review, tuned controls, and shared threat intelligence while keeping voter-registration and confidentiality systems unaffected.

July 1, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes released the final report of his AI and Election Security Advisory Committee after deploying voter chatbots, text alerts, tabletop exercises, and authenticated-media tools during the 2024 election.

February 24, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes launched a pilot attaching C2PA Content Credentials to official Secretary-of-State images so voters could verify their provenance and authenticity.

January 13, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes joined Arizona's governor, attorney general, and chief justice in certifying the statewide 2024 general-election results.

November 25, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona Supreme Court denied Fontes's request to compel Pinal County to offer provisional ballots to certain out-of-precinct voters, holding that the requested late election change created an unacceptable risk of chaos and confusion.

October 25, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azcourts.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes sent the Arizona Attorney General a criminal referral over the alleged unlawful online publication of protected Arizona voter-registration information.

September 27, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona Supreme Court adopted Fontes's position and allowed nearly 100,000 affected registrants to vote full ballots in the 2024 election while officials corrected citizenship records afterward.

September 20, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

After officials discovered a proof-of-citizenship coding oversight affecting longtime voters, Fontes disclosed the problem and joined an emergency Arizona Supreme Court petition seeking a uniform resolution before ballots were distributed.

September 17, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes's office corrected Arizona's 2024 primary canvass after identifying a clerical error that had prevented eight Green Party write-in winners from advancing to the general ballot.

August 17, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes convened an Artificial Intelligence and Election Security Advisory Committee to develop safeguards, testing practices, and privacy-conscious standards for election technology.

June 27, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed a $40,272.50 sanction award to Fontes after finding Mark Finchem's 2022 election contest groundless and not brought in good faith, and awarded Fontes part of his appellate fees.

June 12, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azcourts.gov · researched July 25, 2026

A federal district court barred Fontes's office from accepting down-ballot No Labels candidate filings; Fontes announced an expedited Ninth Circuit appeal.

January 16, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes completed an updated 2023 Elections Procedures Manual that Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes approved for use in the 2024 elections.

December 29, 2023Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes's office held Arizona's first statewide election-security tabletop exercise focused on artificial-intelligence and deepfake disruptions.

December 19, 2023Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

After statutory signature review, Fontes determined that the Patriot Party of Arizona failed to qualify as a recognized political party for the 2024 ballot.

November 20, 2023Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Testified for a bipartisan bill to make a digital image of every Arizona ballot public so voters could check images against the recorded results (House Bill 2560). Governor Hobbs vetoed the bill.

February 10, 2023Supports Election Integrity

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes helped administer Maricopa County's certified 2020 general election using expanded vote centers, early-voting locations, and drop boxes during the pandemic; more than two million county voters participated.

November 20, 2020Supports Election Integrity

Source: content.govdelivery.com · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Fontes, as Maricopa County Recorder, acted unlawfully by putting his own overvote-correction instruction on mail ballots. The court barred the county from using that instruction in the November 2020 general election.

September 10, 2020Opposes Election Integrity

Source: azcourts.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes announced an emergency plan to mail presidential-primary ballots to remaining registered Democrats during the COVID-19 outbreak; a state judge blocked the plan as unauthorized the same day.

March 13, 2020Opposes Election Integrity

Source: azmirror.com · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes's office released a public report on Maricopa County's 2018 midterm elections, including turnout statistics, voter-experience surveys, and follow-up outreach.

February 5, 2019Supports Election Integrity

Source: content.govdelivery.com · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes opened Maricopa County's petition-signature verification process to public observation.

August 21, 2017Supports Election Integrity

Source: elections.maricopa.gov · researched July 13, 2026

As Maricopa County Recorder, Adrian Fontes announced a countywide reprecincting project to rebalance precincts and update election administration boundaries.

June 7, 2017Supports Election Integrity

Source: elections.maricopa.gov · researched July 13, 2026

A federal judge dismissed with prejudice the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Arizona's unredacted statewide voter-registration database after Fontes and Mayes refused to disclose protected voter data.

April 28, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a presidential executive order that sought federal control over voter eligibility, voter data, and mail voting.

April 3, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes joined Arizona legislative leaders in introducing the Voters First Act, a proposal for statewide vote centers, early-voting access, voter-data protections, ballot tracking, and dedicated election cybersecurity funding.

January 21, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

After malicious activity targeted Arizona's Candidate Portal, Fontes's office isolated the portal, completed a security review, tuned controls, and shared threat intelligence while keeping voter-registration and confidentiality systems unaffected.

July 1, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes released the final report of his AI and Election Security Advisory Committee after deploying voter chatbots, text alerts, tabletop exercises, and authenticated-media tools during the 2024 election.

February 24, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

After an appeals court rejected his challenge, Fontes complied with an order to disclose a list of voters affected by Arizona's proof-of-citizenship coding error while continuing to warn about voter privacy and intimidation risks.

November 4, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: apnews.com · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes sent the Arizona Attorney General a criminal referral over the alleged unlawful online publication of protected Arizona voter-registration information.

September 27, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes convened an Artificial Intelligence and Election Security Advisory Committee to develop safeguards, testing practices, and privacy-conscious standards for election technology.

June 27, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

A court upheld most voter-harassment and intimidation protections in Fontes's 2025 Elections Procedures Manual.

July 10, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

A federal judge dismissed with prejudice the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Arizona's unredacted statewide voter-registration database after Fontes and Mayes refused to disclose protected voter data.

April 28, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a presidential executive order that sought federal control over voter eligibility, voter data, and mail voting.

April 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes joined Arizona legislative leaders in introducing the Voters First Act, a proposal for statewide vote centers, early-voting access, voter-data protections, ballot tracking, and dedicated election cybersecurity funding.

January 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Fontes launched a secure UOCAVA voting system that preserved ballot anonymity and enabled military and overseas voters to complete the process from a personal device.

August 8, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona Supreme Court denied Fontes's request to compel Pinal County to offer provisional ballots to certain out-of-precinct voters, holding that the requested late election change created an unacceptable risk of chaos and confusion.

October 25, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: azcourts.gov · researched July 25, 2026

The Arizona Supreme Court adopted Fontes's position and allowed nearly 100,000 affected registrants to vote full ballots in the 2024 election while officials corrected citizenship records afterward.

September 20, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes opposed a requested stay that would have restricted federal-only voters from voting for president and voting early by mail during the 2024 cycle.

May 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes announced an emergency plan to mail presidential-primary ballots to remaining registered Democrats during the COVID-19 outbreak; a state judge blocked the plan as unauthorized the same day.

March 13, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: azmirror.com · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes backed the LULAC v. Reagan settlement that preserved voter registrations when election officials could independently confirm an applicant's citizenship.

June 4, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: content.govdelivery.com · researched July 13, 2026

Reproductive Freedom for All endorsed Fontes for reelection as Arizona Secretary of State.

April 23, 2026

Source: reproductivefreedomforall.org · researched July 13, 2026

Fontes publicly accepted responsibility after a backend typo caused a temporary E-Qual candidate-system failure.

February 6, 2026

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026

The Arizona America250 Commission unanimously appointed Fontes as its chair.

July 23, 2024

Source: azsos.gov · researched July 13, 2026