India, Nov. 2 -- As a Republican candidate challenging Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes for Arizona secretary of state, Alexander Kolodin has made election security and voting procedures central to his campaign. He won the Republican primary with around 59.8% of the vote, defeating former Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda, who received around 40.2%. If elected, he will become Arizona's chief election officer.

Before entering politics, Kolodin had practised election law in Arizona for more than a decade. In 2014, he fought for the public's right to access election data stored on central count computers. According to his campaign, he also challenged instructions issued to Maricopa County voters who voted by mail in 2020 and fil...