<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026/10/09/2026-secretary-of-state-election-adrian-fontes-alex-kolodin/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-09T20:42:44.907Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-09T20:42:44.907Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Arizona’s secretary of state race pits an election defender against an election skeptic]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/JKTJEGT365FVLM3FPKWHSTOQXM.jpg?auth=527efca016975be3f3ce58030c7b72693296e1cab183a0bcb6d11bab32ca5dcf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3562&amp;height=2671</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Arizona State Rep. Alex Kolodin (left) and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (right). Kolodin, a Republican, and Fontes, a Democrat, are vying for Arizona's secretary of state post. Whoever wins will oversee the 2028 presidential election in the key swing state.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/10/09/georgia-state-election-board-gmail-account-transparency-settlement/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-09T16:00:52.726Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-09T16:00:52.726Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Undisclosed Gmail account raises concerns about Georgia State Election Board transparency settlement]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/LKUAB5LD5FHWPLKJ2KKEMSRDFY.jpg?auth=f6e0d4c8cff492667ccca1086dd892e89111d055d67b7e2a07c736fb11ff4f33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2800&amp;height=1867</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Voting equipment sits ready at a polling place in Rome, Georgia. The Georgia State Election Board faces renewed scrutiny after an undisclosed Gmail account appeared on screen during a public meeting, raising questions about its compliance with a 2025 transparency settlement.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/10/09/tuscarora-township-delayed-absentee-ballots-aclu/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-09T15:02:31.857Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-09T15:02:31.857Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[After ACLU letter, clerk apologizes for mailing out absentee ballots late]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/B6BSLOYSWVCYPDXNIJHLTZWC3Y.jpg?auth=9e6d0523c85b7f6c855e825b2e152cf2b0b29b59823e90ba1ef7ed58a5da4752&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2500&amp;height=1667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An official absentee ballot drop box for voting. The ACLU of Michigan is asking Tuscarora Township to disavow a deputy clerk's statement on how absentee voting works in Michigan.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>