Arizona secretary of state pushes back on Trump’s sweeping election fraud claims
White House releases declassified documents as Arizona primary approaches Tuesday
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona elections official is sounding off after President Donald Trump used a primetime address Thursday to claim China carried out the largest election data compromise in U.S. history.
The president directed more federal resources toward investigating voter fraud nationwide. The White House also posted a trove of declassified documents online, which the administration said exposes flaws in election security.
“The People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files,” Trump said.
Trump also claimed nearly 280,000 noncitizens are registered to vote and that the nation’s voting machines and ballot-counting systems are exposed to manipulation and corruption.
“Mail-in ballots are inherently corrupt. So you would have no mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military deployment or travel,” Trump said.
Trump claimed China attempted to influence the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has said there was no interference in the 2020 or 2024 elections.
According to election experts and recent investigations, cases of noncitizen votes and mail-in ballot fraud are both rare and would not be enough to influence an election.
Trump called on Congress to pass the Save America Act, which would require photo voter ID and proof of citizenship at the polls. The legislation has not received enough votes to pass.
“Most importantly, addressing this crisis of election security demands that Congress must pass the Save America Act,” Trump said.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said he wants Arizonans to know their ballots will be secure ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
“What we’re looking at here is basically a repackaging of old grievances that isn’t going to help anybody in 2026 or ’28 or in the future,” Fontes said. “I think what Arizona voters need to know is there are professionals running their elections from top to bottom. We follow the law.”
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