Arizona county board delays certifying election results
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county board delays certifying election results

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots on Friday delayed certifying the results of last week’s vote after hearing from a trio of conspiracy theorists who alleged that counting machines were not certified. The three men, or some combination of them, have filed at least four cases raising similar claims before the Arizona Supreme Court since 2021 seeking to have the state’s 2020 election results thrown out. “The equipment used in Cochise County is properly certified under both federal and state laws and requirements,” state Elections Director Kori Lorick told the board. “The claims that the SLI testing labs were not properly accredited are false.” The move is the latest drama in the Republican-heavy county in recent weeks, which started when GOP board members Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd voted to have all the ballots in last week’s election counted by hand to determine if the machine counts were accurate.

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'Too late': Arizona court rules voting access law put in place last year can be ignored
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Too late': Arizona court rules voting access law put in place last year can be ignored

Raw Story  

The Republican-stacked Supreme Court of Arizona has shot down an attempt by Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to ensure an easier voting process in Pinal County, reported Votebeat Arizona on Tuesday. The opinion, written by Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer, found that forcing Pinal County officials to change their process to comply with Fontes' rule would cause “unacceptable risk …

Arizona election denier pleads guilty in certification case, avoids felony
2 months ago

Arizona election denier pleads guilty in certification case, avoids felony

Raw Story  

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd has entered into a plea deal to avoid a felony after she and another supervisor delayed certifying the 2022 election over fears of non-existent voter fraud in Maricopa County. “Today’s plea agreement and sentencing should serve as a strong reminder that I will not hesitate to use every tool available to uphold the rule of …

Arizona Official Who Delayed 2022 Election Certification Pleads Guilty
2 months ago

Arizona Official Who Delayed 2022 Election Certification Pleads Guilty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PHOENIX — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. “Judd’s official guilty plea represents an important development in securing election integrity in Arizona,” said Thomas …

Arizona county canvass starts recount process in tight Democratic primary in US House race
4 months, 1 week ago

Arizona county canvass starts recount process in tight Democratic primary in US House race

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s most populous county certified its primary election results Monday, setting in motion a recount for the Democratic nomination in an open congressional district where 42 votes separate the top contenders. This year, the certification of primary election results largely has gone smoothly across Arizona, with the majority of the state’s 15 counties approving the results without issue. …

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election

Raw Story  

Last week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes teased that one of the 11 "fake electors" charged in the scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election would flip in a deal with prosecutors. Loraine Pellegrino, the former president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for reduced charges in the case, …

Arizona attorney general: First 'fake elector' agreed to flip in MAGA election plot case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Arizona attorney general: First 'fake elector' agreed to flip in MAGA election plot case

Raw Story  

One of the "fake electors" indicted in Arizona for the plot to overturn the election results in that state has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, state Attorney General Kris Mayes said Friday. Eleven people in Arizona falsely signed paperwork claiming to be electors on behalf of former President Donald Trump following President Joe Biden's narrow win in 2020. The Georgia …

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county certified the results of two local recounts on Tuesday, reversing course on a controversial vote against certification that spurred legal action and put Washoe County in unchartered legal territory. Moments before Tuesday’s redo of the vote, the county’s chief deputy district attorney, Mary Kandaras, recommended that the commissioners certify the …

Nevada Supreme Court is asked to step into Washoe County fray over certification of recount results
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada Supreme Court is asked to step into Washoe County fray over certification of recount results

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Two top officials in Nevada are asking the state Supreme Court to step into a fray over a vote earlier this week by Washoe County commissioners not to certify recount results in two local races. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron Ford filed a petition with the court Wednesday, seeking confirmation of the commissioners’ …

Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nevada county votes against certifying recount results, a move that raises longer-term questions

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county on Tuesday refused to certify the results of two local recounts from last month’s primary, a rare move that has potential implications for the presidential race in one of the nation’s most important swing states. The three Republican members on the five-member Washoe County Board of Commissioners voted to reject …

Election certification disputes in handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election certification disputes in handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

LA Times  

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-leaning city of Atlanta, a group run by members of former President Trump’s administration last month …

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

Associated Press  

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-voting city of Atlanta, a group run by members of former President Donald Trump’s administration last …

Election board member in Georgia’s Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Election board member in Georgia’s Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The election board in Georgia’s largest county voted on Tuesday to certify its May 21 election results, but not before one of the board’s Republican-appointed members abstained. The abstention by Fulton County election board member Julie Adams aligns with her lawsuit seeking to more closely control election operations and to win a legal ruling finding county election boards …

Judge tosses Republican lawsuit that sought to declare Arizona’s elections manual invalid
7 months, 1 week ago

Judge tosses Republican lawsuit that sought to declare Arizona’s elections manual invalid

Associated Press  

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Republicans who sought to have Arizona’s election procedures manual declared invalid, marking the defeat of one of three challenges seeking to throw out parts of the state’s guide for conducting elections. In a ruling released Tuesday, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge threw out a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee, the …

Two county officials in Arizona plead not guilty to charges for delaying 2022 election certification
1 year ago

Two county officials in Arizona plead not guilty to charges for delaying 2022 election certification

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Two officials from a rural Arizona county pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results. But they said they weren’t satisfied that the machines used to tabulate ballots were properly certified for use in elections, though state and federal election officials said they were. During brief arraignment hearings …

Arizona county again rejects a bid to hand-count all 2024 ballots
1 year, 1 month ago

Arizona county again rejects a bid to hand-count all 2024 ballots

Associated Press  

KINGMAN, Ariz. — For the second time in nearly four months, officials in a northwestern Arizona county narrowly rejected a proposal to hand count all ballots in the 2024 election cycle rather than using electronic tabulating equipment. A hand count was also rejected in early August after Board Chairman Travis Lingenfelter said he couldn’t justify the cost given that Mohave …

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections
1 year, 4 months ago

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A northwestern Arizona county has rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election cycle after the local elections director warned that it would cost more than $1.1 million and involve hiring hundreds of new workers. Board Chair Travis Lingenfelter said during the meeting that he couldn’t justify the steep costs of a hand count because of …

Elections director of Arizona county quits, says she wasn’t protected from political attacks
1 year, 5 months ago

Elections director of Arizona county quits, says she wasn’t protected from political attacks

Associated Press  

FLORENCE, Ariz. — The elections director of Arizona’s Pinal County has resigned after less than a year in the job, saying county supervisors had tried to politicize elections in the jurisdiction east of Phoenix. Pinal County confirmed Geraldine Roll’s resignation in a brief note posted online Tuesday, with County Manager Leo Lew thanking Roll for her service “during very challenging …

Arizona attorney general sues to stop county election switch
1 year, 9 months ago

Arizona attorney general sues to stop county election switch

Associated Press  

Arizona’s attorney general on Tuesday sued to stop a transfer of election duties in a rural county where the leaders have embraced voting conspiracy theories. The Republican majority on the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted last week to transfer of all election functions from the nonpartisan elections department to the county’s elected recorder, also a Republican. “While counties may …

Arizona county board votes to give recorder election duties
1 year, 9 months ago

Arizona county board votes to give recorder election duties

Associated Press  

BISBEE, Ariz. — A rural Arizona county board that was embroiled last year in voting machine conspiracies voted Tuesday to give responsibility for elections through 2024 to the county’s elected Republican recorder, a move the state attorney general’s office suggested may be illegal. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors backed the agreement giving administrative election …

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud
1 year, 10 months ago

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by election …

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona

Associated Press  

BISBEE, Ariz. — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city. Stevens was prepared to oversee Cochise County’s hand count when Marra objected last year, and only stopped once a judge ruled that it violated state law. “Recorder Stevens has proven he’s part of the crazy conspiracy crowd,” said Jennifer Druckman, a retiree who was one of …

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County
1 year, 11 months ago

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County

Raw Story  

The final recount results released Thursday in the Arizona attorney general’s race — which shrank to a razor-thin margin of 280 votes and confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes’ victory — show that ballot-counting errors in Pinal County were largely responsible for the shift. As in Pinal, all were human errors, though both represented less extensive failures of election administration than the …

Democrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount
1 year, 11 months ago

Democrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general’s race, one of the closest elections in state history. The highly anticipated results announced Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court are among the last in the country to come out of November’s election and solidified another victory for Democrats …

Arizona certifies 2022 election despite GOP complaints
2 years ago

Arizona certifies 2022 election despite GOP complaints

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s top officials certified the midterm election results Monday, formalizing victories for Democrats over Republicans who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged. “Arizona had a successful election,” Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who beat Lake in the race for governor, said before signing the certification. The race for attorney general was one of the closest …

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order
2 years ago

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week’s deadline. Two Republicans on Cochise County’s three-member board of supervisors balked for weeks about certifying the election, even as the …

Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order
2 years ago

Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order

NPR  

Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order Enlarge this image toggle caption Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images Under a court order, officials in Republican-controlled Cochise County, Ariz., finally certified their local midterm elections results after they missed the state's legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk. …

In Arizona, losing candidate points to perceived conflict
2 years ago

In Arizona, losing candidate points to perceived conflict

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake and supporters of her failed campaign for Arizona governor are attacking Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs as having a conflict of interest for overseeing the election she won. Hobbs’ spokeswoman, Sophia Solis, emphasized that the secretary of state does not handle ballots or play a direct role in vote tabulation, and said that neither …

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024
2 years ago

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024

Associated Press  

Before November, election officials prepared for the possibility that Republicans who embraced former President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud would challenge the verdict of voters by refusing to certify the midterm results. “It’s a good test run for 2024, showing state courts they’re going to have to step in.” For now, the certification delay in a smattering of rural …

GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election
2 years ago

GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused Monday to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, a decision that was quickly challenged in court by the state’s top election official. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who narrowly won the race for governor, asked a judge to order county officials …

Lake seeks election records in suit against Arizona county
2 years ago

Lake seeks election records in suit against Arizona county

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election. Lake has refused to acknowledge that she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs and has for weeks drawn attention to voters who said they experienced long lines and other difficulties while …

2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now
2 years, 1 month ago

2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A second Republican-controlled Arizona county on Monday delayed certifying the results of this month’s election as a protest against voting issues in Maricopa County that some GOP officials have blamed for their losses in top races including the contest for governor. The delay came as Maricopa, the state’s most populous county, finished counting the last remaining ballots and …

Election certification avoiding chaos, except in Arizona
2 years, 1 month ago

Election certification avoiding chaos, except in Arizona

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Certification of this year’s midterm election results appears to be proceeding smoothly with little controversy across the country, with a small Arizona county being a rare exception, calming fears that local commissions consumed by talk of election conspiracies would create chaos by refusing to validate the will of the voters. “And I appreciate everybody’s willingness to …

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — When the Republican candidate for Arizona governor accused the state’s most populous county of “slow-rolling” the vote count to skew early election results, a local official fired back. He called the allegations “irrelevant” and an “incredible distraction.” A record 290,000 of those ballots were dropped off at the county’s 223 vote centers on Election Day and are now …

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist
2 years, 1 month ago

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrat Adrian Fontes won the top elections post in Arizona on Friday, defeating a Republican rival who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and who said he would not have certified Joe Biden’s win in the state. Fontes, who formerly oversaw parts of the election system in Arizona’s most populous …

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead
2 years, 1 month ago

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The board of supervisors in a southern Arizona county will meet next week to consider counting nearly all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day, despite an earlier court order limiting the hand-count driven by unfounded distrust in machines that tabulate votes. The Republican-dominated Cochise County board is taking that part of the order literally, proposing to expand …

Why some races in Arizona still haven’t been called
2 years, 1 month ago

Why some races in Arizona still haven’t been called

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of votes were still being tallied Wednesday in Arizona, where contested races including Senate and gubernatorial races remained uncalled. Here’s what we know: MARICOPA MATH Part of it is because of all of the ballots that got dropped off on Election Day in Arizona’s biggest county. Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous and home …

Snag delays Arizona ballots; officials say all to be counted
2 years, 1 month ago

Snag delays Arizona ballots; officials say all to be counted

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting. The snag on Tuesday fueled conspiracy theories about the integrity of the vote in the tightly contested state as former President Donald Trump, GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and …

Arizona activists demanding a recount — and the election isn't even over
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona activists demanding a recount — and the election isn't even over

Raw Story  

Arizona polls haven't even opened, and already, there's a demand for a recount. In Cochise County, Arizona, a judge still hasn't decided how the votes will be counted, reported the Daily Beast. "Cochise, a rural county on the southern border, is one of several to preemptively call for an audit of its 2022 midterm vote," said the Daily Beast. "Although …

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s plan to hand-count ballots blocked by judge

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge on Monday blocked a rural Arizona county’s plan to conduct a full hand-count of ballots from the current election — a measure requested by Republican officials who expressed unfounded concerns that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy. “Because the statute does not permit elections officials to begin the precinct hand-count by counting all ballots cast, the Board’s requirement …

Arizona county official grilled on hand-count plan in court
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county official grilled on hand-count plan in court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A southern Arizona judge heard from a parade of witnesses Friday in a case brought by opponents of an unusual plan driven by local officials who question the accuracy of ballot-counting machines and want to hand-count all the ballots in the election that concludes next week. And responding to questions from the lawyer for the Arizona Alliance of …

2nd Arizona county mulling hand-counts rejects effort
2 years, 1 month ago

2nd Arizona county mulling hand-counts rejects effort

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The elected leaders of an Arizona county who had considered following the lead of a rural county by expanding their hand-counts of ballots from next week’s election rejected the effort Wednesday. Kathy Nowak, who sits on the executive committee of the county Republican Party, said she’s been involved in the normal hand-count audits a half-dozen times and the …

Arizona county’s ballot hand-count plan challenged in court
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county’s ballot hand-count plan challenged in court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona county’s plan to hand count all ballots cast in next week’s election has triggered a court challenge, marking the latest twist to the effort by rural Cochise County to mollify skeptics distrustful of its vote-counting equipment. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County board of supervisors have pushed for the full hand count, and the …

Arizona board says it will follow law in partial hand count
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona board says it will follow law in partial hand count

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Republicans on a rural Arizona county board that wanted to conduct a full hand count in the upcoming midterm vote have clarified they will follow Arizona state law allowing only partial hand counts following a harshly worded letter from the state’s election director who threatened legal action. “The Board wishes to follow all applicable requirements in statutes …

2 Arizona GOP officials vote against, then OK hand-count
2 years, 1 month ago

2 Arizona GOP officials vote against, then OK hand-count

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The two Republicans on a county board in southeastern rural Arizona approved a proposal 2-1 Monday for a hand-count of all ballots in the Nov. 8 election after rejecting a differently worded motion during a chaotic meeting. “The Cochise County Supervisors are clearly manufacturing a scenario to delay the certification of Arizona’s election results,” said Natali Fierros Bock, …

After disastrous primary, Arizona county overhauls elections
2 years, 2 months ago

After disastrous primary, Arizona county overhauls elections

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county where a disastrous primary season was one of the year’s biggest U.S. election debacles has gotten on track for successful midterm voting, an expert said Wednesday. “You are on the right course now,” Brad Nelson, the former longtime elections chief in neighboring Pima County, told Pinal County’s Board of Supervisors, saying that many of …

Arizona GOP candidates appeal ruling against hand counts
2 years, 3 months ago

Arizona GOP candidates appeal ruling against hand counts

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s ruling that threw out a lawsuit they filed seeking to require the hand-counting of ballots in November’s election. Named in the lawsuit is Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the state’s top election official and the Democratic candidate for governor, and the majority …

Judge declines to require hand count of Arizona ballots
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge declines to require hand count of Arizona ballots

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge refused Friday to require that Arizona officials count ballots by hand in November, dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Republican nominees for governor and secretary of state based on false claims of problems with vote-counting machines. They relied in part on testimony from Donald Trump supporters who led a discredited review of the election in …

Arizona county axes elections boss after ballot problems
2 years, 4 months ago

Arizona county axes elections boss after ballot problems

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Officials in an Arizona county that was plagued with issues during Tuesday’s primaries have fired their elections director and said he is no longer employed. Pinal County officials had promised swift changes during a Wednesday news conference where they did not assign blame directly on Elections Director David Frist, who was just hired in March. In a Thursday …

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
2 years, 4 months ago

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona

NPR  

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images For the last two years, Arizona has been a hive of election denialism. State Senate Republicans spearheaded a deeply flawed review of the 2020 vote in Arizona's largest county, keeping Maricopa County in the …

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