“It’s as if secretary after secretary after secretary, going back several administrations, has been starved of resources,' Adrian Fontes said.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes reflects on first 100 days in office and how voters rejected election deniers in the 2022 midterms.Adrian Fontes is looking for money. Nothing less than the safety and security of the 2024 elections is at stake, as he sees it.
If he's in a hurry, it's because the 2024 elections already are upon us, Fontes said. And with a recent exodus of elections officials from many of Arizona's counties, the need to get the counties ready for 2024 is urgent. Fontes sent a budget proposal to the Governor's Office in late December, but only parts of it were included in the plan she released in January.Elections vacancies add urgency to request
His request for an additional $4.2 million includes six additional positions so his office can train and certify a new crop of elections officials in the state's 15 counties. The two also found common ground in their experience as U.S. Marines, although Borrelli noted Fontes was only a corporal, while he was a sergeant.What the mayor wants you to know
But the secretary said he can't wait for the group to finish its work. The proposals, due by Nov. 1, will come too late to have a chance of becoming law for the 2024 elections, he said.In his inaugural months, Fontes has worked to elevate the profile of his office — and in the process, himself. Fontes shakes off the lawsuit from his own political party, saying his first duty is as the nonpartisan administrator of his office and to put party allegiance aside.
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