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Adrian Fontes: “Early ballots accidentally returned to the wrong county…”

Featuring: Adrian Fontes, Democratic | Secretary of State of Arizona

State of Elections - Introducing the Voters First Act

Published January 22, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:49

These steps give voters more flexibility while easing pressure on polling locations, staffing and resources. The act fixes preventable problems that cost voters their voice. Early ballots accidentally returned to the wrong county should be counted. particularly in communities for example, like Wickenburg. Part of it is in Yavapai and part of it is in Maricopa county or Sedona, part in Coconino county and part in Yavapai. (05:49–05:54)

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Asserts that early ballots returned to the wrong county should be counted.

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