Authenticated Media
Verified Communications from the Arizona Secretary of State
Every video on this page has been verified as captured by a real person, not generated or altered by AI. As we share these communications on social media, each post links back to the authoritative version here.
How to use this page
When you see a video online that appears to be from the Arizona Secretary of State, you can return here to find the authoritative version. If a clip circulating elsewhere doesn't match, or doesn't appear here at all, treat it with caution.
Why this page exists
Anyone can now produce a convincing fake video or audio clip of a public official. As that becomes easier, a recording on its own no longer proves who actually said something, or whether it was said at all.
The Arizona Secretary of State's office takes its responsibility to the people of Arizona seriously. Official information, like election guidance, public announcements, statements from the office, should be something you can trust. This page exists so that you always have a verified, authentic source to check against.
What "Human Verified" means here
Each video published here carries proof that it was:
- Created by a real person, not synthesized by an AI model
- Captured with hardware to prove personhood at the moment of recording, in a way that cannot be altered afterward without breaking the verification.
The proof is attached to the recording itself. When a video here is marked as "Human Verified", it means a person at the Secretary of State's office actually created it.
How it works
These communications are verified using technology from OriginStory that establishes proof-of-personhood for the recorded media at the point of capture.
When the video is recorded, the OriginStory proof-of-personhood hardware confirms that the audio and footage came from a live person in front of it and seals that confirmation to the recording. Because this happens at the moment of creation, it can't be faked by feeding in synthetic media after the fact. To pass, there has to be a real human in front of the device.
That's a deliberate design choice. Trying to detect fakes after they're made is a race against AI systems that keep getting better. Proving authenticity in hardware, at the source, stays ahead of that race: a better AI model can't put a physical person in front of a sensor.
Once a video is recorded, the authoritative version is posted here and shared on social media with @HumanByOriginStory as a collaborator on YouTube and Instagram.