Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 1,103

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago


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Late this week, chatter began to circulate of an impending visit by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to discuss “election security.” On the heels of a raid late last month in Fulton County, Georgia, it sparked rumors of a similar raid in Maricopa County to search for non-existent widespread voter fraud.

Noem’s visit ended up being far more pedestrian, even as the agency went to extreme lengths to shroud nearly everything about …

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