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UpdateArizonaFriday, October 30, 2026

Maricopa County asked DOJ to send only monitors without election convictions

The county attorney's office made the request after learning a primary monitor had pleaded guilty to hacking an elections website.

Reporting by
Arizona Daily Star
“Arizona county to DOJ: Send only monitors who are election-crime free”, Friday, October 30, 2026
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What happened

The Maricopa County Attorney's office asked the Department of Justice to send only election monitors who have not pleaded guilty to election crimes. Deputy County Attorney Joseph La Rue identified a monitor sent during the July 21 primary as David Levin, a Florida lawyer and cyber expert who pleaded guilty in 2016 to a misdemeanor for hacking an elections website. The DOJ is planning to send monitors to Maricopa County again for the November 3 general election.1

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More on this story
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Maricopa County asked Justice Department to screen election monitors
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Arizona · Oct 31
Justice Department sent election monitors to Arizona polling places
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Sources

  1. Arizona Daily Star, https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOeFdfWlNDTm1XcklVb0tkWGtkbEpuRWdobWJlRzl1bEdmUURrUU1ZdzRndTR6TzItUlVMVVg4aWJNaTF3clc2eXNGSjJDZ2FiTUFwUW5xdElkSkpKMXhaN0xZYWllUkd3dXJDX1pWM01FRHZtc3NZY0FFbUt5Y3RUZmhLdy03ZDJFQmZmTThjVlRvTlAwTWdWN0RUSzFhLUdaOHl0UDBLS3NveHFYbXVfRXJKVDJkT0ZoeGc?oc=5 · Friday, October 30, 2026

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