Links and names: election defense, southern Arizona
Working reference, AI-compiled 2026-08-08. For organizer hands, not publication. Companions: November strategy · Pima first steps · law enforcement asks.
Dates
- Voter registration closes October 5 · early voting begins October 7 · election November 3 (ballots due received by 7pm)
- County canvass deadline November 19 · statewide canvass November 23 (SOS calendar)
Reporters
- Sasha Hupka — Votebeat Arizona, the election-administration beat — shupka@votebeat.org
- Jen Fifield — ProPublica voting beat; ex-Votebeat AZ, deep Maricopa history, national reach
- Paul Ingram, Dylan Smith, Jim Nintzel — Tucson Sentinel, election and border watchdog
- Caitlin Schmidt (with Susan Barnett) — Tucson Spotlight, ground-up 2026 election coverage
- AZ Luminaria — co-hosts candidate forums with Spotlight and Press Forward Southern Arizona
- Arizona Mirror — statehouse and election law
- KJZZ Fronteras Desk — ran the July observer-training story
- Force multiplier: AZPM's weekly Press Room convenes Tucson reporters in one studio; one appearance briefs the whole local press corps
Cochise County
Hotlines and rights
Tucson and national organizing