Arizona’s new attorney general to use election fraud unit to boost voting rights

Democrat Kris Mayes will repurpose unit created by Republican predecessor to focus on protecting voting access

A unit created under the former Republican attorney general of Arizona to investigate claims of election fraud will now focus on voting rights and ballot access under the newly elected Democratic attorney general.

The Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, told the Guardian that instead of prosecuting claims of voter fraud, she will reprioritize the mission and resources" of the unit to focus on protecting voting access and combating voter suppression". Mayes won the attorney general's race in November against election denier Abe Hamadah by just 280 votes, a race that went to a state-mandated recount.