Arizona Secretary of State's Office accidentally released personal data of 373 protected voters

Staff at the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office accidentally publicly released the home addresses and telephone numbers of hundreds of voters whose information the state had pledged to keep private, an incident that potentially risked exposing them to physical harm and harassment in the months leading up to the 2024 election.

Emails obtained by Votebeat show that the error affected a fraction of voters in the state’s address confidentiality program, which includes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. It also exposed information about certain voters who were protected via court order, such as judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials.

Records show the error went undiscovered and uncorrected for nearly nine months. During that time, the voters’ personal information was released to a number of political and consumer data firms via the office’s routine public records request process.

State law says the secretary of state “shall not disclose any address or telephone number” of voters enrolled in the state’s address confidentiality program unless required by a court order or in response to a request by another state or local government entity.



https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026/06/01/secretary-of-state-error-release-protected-voter-data-addresses/