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The Arizona Department of Homeland Security was alerted, and the investigation of whether private candidate information was accessed continues.

Update: The hacker changed the candidates' headshots to an image of the Iranian Ayatollah, the leader of Iran, with Persian words that were favorable to Iran. The hacker replaced all of the 2024 general election candidate photos on the election results page with this image.

NEW: Madison clerk was on a cookie-baking staycation as missing-ballot mess unfolded votebeat.org/wisconsin/2025…

ICYMI, from Michigan: Many voters could benefit from a ballot in Arabic, but the law isn’t on their side, via Hayley Harding. Story: votebeat.org/michigan/2025/…

A hacker gained access to the Arizonas Secretary of State’s candidate portal and changed all candidate photos on the election results pages from 2016 to 2024 to this photo of an Iranian Ayatollah, according to the office. Full story in quoted tweet.

In CA most voters mail their ballot in an envelope that needs to be opened w/ a signature that needs to be verified & many are received after Election Day In Japan, voters go to a location, write candidate name on paper & it's counted on the spot. Source: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz) was stopped Capitol Hill police on his way into the Senate just now, asked for some ID, to which I believe Gallego responded "are you kidding me"

NEW: Hackers who breached Arizona election website aimed at other agencies, too. The top cybersecurity official for the state's Department of Homeland Security tells me he believes Iran was likely involved, given the image uploaded, methods & persistence votebeat.org/arizona/2025/0…

The cyberattack occurred two days after the June 21 U.S. bombing of Iran. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had issued a warning the day after the airstrikes that cyberattacks by “pro-Iranian hacktivists are likely."

The state budget included no new funding to grow the small staff charged with overseeing Arizona’s school voucher program, leaving the Dept of Education with just a dozen employees to review spending that is expected to reach $1 billion next school year. kjzz.org/politics/2025-…

This story is so informative. Breaks down decades of local political fights that led us here and easily explains the state's river authority system. A must read by Neena Satija and Keri Blakinger. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga… #txlege

"Proponents have cited new jobs and an economic boost as support for the project. Local critics have warned that the project would be a drain on Tucson’s water, energy and environment." azluminaria.org/2025/07/21/ama…

Will Maricopa County be forced to give out a database that show the votes cast in an election, ballot by ballot? A judge just ruled on it... and the answer is in my newsletter coming out later today. Please subscribe (it's free): votebeat.org/arizona/subscr…

Incredible article by Jen Fifield & Votebeat This part seems really important

A judge in Maricopa County ruled the cast vote record falls under the same privacy protections as physical ballots and is not part of the public record. With the cvr, we knew the share of full slate voters, and how federal only voters voted. It's the best grifter debunking tool