'I don't want blood on my hands': Fontes defends decision not to share voter names

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes on Monday defended his decision to withhold the names of 218,000 voters who are improperly registered to vote from conservative and Trump-aligned groups seeking the data.

“I don’t want blood on my hands,” Fontes said during a hearing in Maricopa County Superior court on Monday, explaining his rationale for not releasing the records prior to the November election.

The conservative non-profit America First Legal, led by Stephen Miller, a former senior advisor to Trump and the architect of the former president’s anti-immigration policies, filed a lawsuit to compel Fontes’ office to produce the records after it refused to do so.

America First Legal and Jennifer Wright, the former head of the Arizona Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit, represented Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona, a nonprofit led by conservative activist Merissa Hamilton, in the suit.



https://azmirror.com/2024/10/28/i-dont-want-blood-on-my-hands-fontes-defends-decision-not-to-share-voter-names/