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PHOENIX — The former elections director for a rural Arizona county who resigned last year because of a flap over the hand-counting of ballots has been elevated to a top electoral post for the state.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, in recent days appointed Marra as the state's elections director. She had been a state assistant elections director since 2023. She replaces former elections director Colleen Connor, who was named to the new post of state policy director, monitoring election-related lawsuits and overseeing implementation of the state’s elections procedures manual.
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