State Representatives Teresa Martinez (R-Casa Grande) and Rachel Jones (R-Tucson) sent a letter to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes last week requesting an investigation into three election problems in Pima County’s 2024 general election. They included two letters Jones and other legislators sent to Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cazares-Kelly previously inquiring about “disturbing allegations” that her office encouraged convicted felons to vote, and how the office handled undeliverable ballots. Cazares-Kelly never responded to either letter.
The Arizona Sun Times reached out to Martinez and Jones for comment. Both said they had not heard back yet from Mayes’ office, but would give her another week before pressing the matter. They will be putting in their own public records requests to Cazares-Kelly next week. Cazares-Kelly’s personal X account bio states that she is “dismantling white supremacy” and goes by the pronouns “She/Her.”
First, the legislators asked Mayes to look into Cazaras-Kelly shutting down the online portal for requesting an early ballot six days before the deadline to submit ballots. “Reports indicate that nearly 4,000 votes were impacted,” they said.
Second, the legislators said, “[I]t appears to us that Recorder Cazares-Kelly has essentially facilitated illegal voting by convicted felons through a reckless voter-registration inmate program.” They cited the letter that Jones, Rep. Cory McGarr (R-Tucson), and Sen. Justine Wadsack (R-Tucson) sent her on June 5. It said, “We are extremely troubled by your office’s apparent facilitation of illegal voting through its reckless voter-registration inmate program — which the Legislature has neither authorized nor endorsed.”
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