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A GOP poll watcher says Maricopa's primary problems weren't fixed: broken tabulators at 3 of 10 vote centers he visited, site books failing at 8 of 10.

The county says voters were never prevented from casting ballots.

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Hackers say they published personal information on more than 41,000 DHS employees, including undercover ICE officers.

Their leak site lists more than 21,000 Border Patrol personnel. DHS says it is aware of a potential breach.

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The DOJ says it will send about 1,000 election monitors to polling places in all 50 states for the Nov. 3 midterms.

It won't share the full list until Election Day. Monitors only observe and report and can't interfere with voting, the DOJ says.

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An AI agent pulled data from a Georgia elections website. The state's top election official, Brad Raffensperger, says it saw only public information, not the voter registration system.

"Accessing public information is not a hack," he said.

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Arizona joined 20 other attorneys general suing over a Treasury rule that exempts over 99.9% of domestic companies from reporting who owns them.

The AGs say it will hinder law enforcement. Treasury called it a "victory for common sense."

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Arizona is one of 20 states that joined the FTC in suing Dollar General, alleging shoppers paid more at the register than shelf and ad prices.

The suit cites at least 29,265 pricing complaints since 2023. The company says it will defend the case.
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Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Prescott Mayor Cathey Rusing concluded the portion of the meeting about FLOCK cameras, and it sounded like she had some real concerns. She said she knows the Arizona Legislature is looking into banning them, and said the council would also consider its own actions, like finding another provider and working on an ordinance.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Prescott Mayor Cathey Rusing concluded the portion of the meeting about FLOCK cameras, and it sounded like she had some real concerns. She said she knows the Arizona Legislature is looking into banning them, and said the council would also consider its own actions, like finding another provider and working on an ordinance.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Kurt Womack congratulated the CEO of FLOCK for giving people an issue they could all agree on. He has to drive by a FLOCK camera every time he drives into Prescott or Prescott Valley.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Kurt Womack congratulated the CEO of FLOCK for giving people an issue they could all agree on. He has to drive by a FLOCK camera every time he drives into Prescott or Prescott Valley.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Daniel Scarfoni, an engineer who is an expert on this issue and went to MIT, said FLOCK eliminated the no sales promise that it had given. He said there are huge audibility red flags. One academic has now distanced himself from them due to inaccurate remarks.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Daniel Scarfoni, an engineer who is an expert on this issue and went to MIT, said FLOCK eliminated the no sales promise that it had given. He said there are huge audibility red flags. One academic has now distanced himself from them due to inaccurate remarks.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Carter LaBarge said they're tearing up the streets and private lawns, leaving behind a wreck, and don't know what they're doing.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Carter LaBarge said they're tearing up the streets and private lawns, leaving behind a wreck, and don't know what they're doing.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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David Krueger said FLOCK cameras are "a total surrender of our constitutional right to privacy." He said just because we're surveilled by private corporations, that is different, since we can choose not to opt into those services, whereas you can't avoid FLOCK cameras if you are driving around in your daily life. Over 100 cities nationwide have deactivated the FLOCK cameras now.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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David Krueger said FLOCK cameras are "a total surrender of our constitutional right to privacy." He said just because we're surveilled by private corporations, that is different, since we can choose not to opt into those services, whereas you can't avoid FLOCK cameras if you are driving around in your daily life. Over 100 cities nationwide have deactivated the FLOCK cameras now.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Dirk Kass said he grew up in Germany under communism, where he lived in West Germany near the border of communist East Germany. He saw the mass surveillance occurring over the border. He warned Arizonans to look at that history.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Dirk Kass said he grew up in Germany under communism, where he lived in West Germany near the border of communist East Germany. He saw the mass surveillance occurring over the border. He warned Arizonans to look at that history.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Steve Hunyar described FLOCK as "an unscrupulous company that has been caught breaking its own rules repeatedly." He said only two council members responded to him when he emailed them about the surveillance. He brought over 700 names from residents who oppose FLOCK. He expressed his concern that FLOCK cameras can zoom in and even read your phone. He said the FLOCK cameras were brought in through a concealed way. The ACLU reached out to him about it without him contacting them first. He warned that people are considering recalling some of the council members over this.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Steve Hunyar described FLOCK as "an unscrupulous company that has been caught breaking its own rules repeatedly." He said only two council members responded to him when he emailed them about the surveillance. He brought over 700 names from residents who oppose FLOCK. He expressed his concern that FLOCK cameras can zoom in and even read your phone. He said the FLOCK cameras were brought in through a concealed way. The ACLU reached out to him about it without him contacting them first. He warned that people are considering recalling some of the council members over this.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Prescott resident Ann Marie DeCarlo said FLOCK cameras are not about safety but about control. She said there needs to be a balance between safety and living in a surveillance state. She submitted a FOIA request and discovered that the data being collected from FLOCK surveillance is being sold. She warned that this is headed for tyranny.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Prescott resident Ann Marie DeCarlo said FLOCK cameras are not about safety but about control. She said there needs to be a balance between safety and living in a surveillance state. She submitted a FOIA request and discovered that the data being collected from FLOCK surveillance is being sold. She warned that this is headed for tyranny.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Prescott resident Laura Kubble told the Prescott City Council that a federal judge called FLOCK cameras "indiscriminate mass surveillance." She paid for a poll of Prescott voters and found that 55% opposed FLOCK cameras.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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Prescott resident Laura Kubble told the Prescott City Council that a federal judge called FLOCK cameras "indiscriminate mass surveillance." She paid for a poll of Prescott voters and found that 55% opposed FLOCK cameras.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras.

Residents of Prescott opposing FLOCK cameras are currently protesting outside City Hall before the city council meeting addressing them begins at 3 p.m. Arizona Insiders will be live posting the meeting. Cowboy Dave, who provided us with the photos, says this is the first time in the six years he's lived full time in Prescott that he saw law enforcement patrolling in front of City Hall.

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LIVE: Prescott City Council Meeting Draws Protest Over FLOCK Cameras.

Residents of Prescott opposing FLOCK cameras are currently protesting outside City Hall before the city council meeting addressing them begins at 3 p.m. Arizona Insiders will be live posting the meeting. Cowboy Dave, who provided us with the photos, says this is the first time in the six years he's lived full time in Prescott that he saw law enforcement patrolling in front of City Hall.