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 dozens who spoke out against Stevens getting expanded responsibilities to oversee elections in the county. “My constituents feel like, if we can’t check ‘em, we don’t want ‘em.” Election officials, including in Cochise County, check the accuracy of their machines by comparing their tabulations with paper ballot receipts, but Crosby said he still had broader suspicions. “I don’t see Mr. Crosby as acting in a way that gives us a functional government in Cochise County,” Lamberth said in an interview, noting the county has already spent more than $100,000 in legal fees related to its election adventures.

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Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
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1 month, 1 week ago

Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge recused himself Tuesday from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency. Lawyers for Republican state Sen. Jake Hoffman, who faces nine felony charges in the case, sought the judge’s removal, arguing Cohen …

Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024

CNN  

CNN — The roadmap laid out by the Justice Department in court this week for how former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election feels eerily familiar to many election officials and voting rights advocates who are gearing up for November. “These are about laying groundwork for challenging results.” A Trump campaign spokesperson pointed to the campaign’s released …

Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court
3 months, 1 week ago

Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court. In a decision Monday, U.S. District Judge John Tuchi said Meadows missed …

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election
3 months, 1 week ago

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election

Raw Story  

Two months ahead of the November presidential election, Colorado officials are warning that refusal by local election canvass board members to certify results fuels misinformation and threatens voter trust in the entire election process. CREW identified 35 election officials who voted against certifying results between 2020 and 2023, including three in Colorado: Nancy Pallozzi in Jefferson County, Candice Stutzriem in …

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 …

GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has fought back against death threats, almost constant harassment and streams of misinformation during his nearly four years overseeing elections in one of the nation’s most prominent political battlegrounds. In one case, the day after Richer spoke during a chaotic public meeting when county officials certified the November 2022 election results, he received …

Utah congressional candidate contests election results in state Supreme Court as recount begins
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah congressional candidate contests election results in state Supreme Court as recount begins

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. SALT LAKE CITY — With a recount underway, the closely trailing Republican challenger for Utah’s 2nd District U.S. House seat is contesting the primary election results in state Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to recover enough disqualified ballots to overtake his opponent. Colby Jenkins was 214 votes, or 0.2 …

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 …

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The chief of staff for former President Donald Trump faces the same conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges as the other named defendants in Arizona’s fake elector case, the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday. He previously referred to the Arizona indictment as a “blatantly political and politicized accusation and will be contested and defeated.” With the indictments, Arizona …

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case, but the names of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani remained blacked out. The Arizona attorney general’s office released a copy of the indictment that revealed nine …

Arizona grand jury subpoenas Trump supporters who tried to overturn the election with false paperwork saying he beat Joe Biden
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona grand jury subpoenas Trump supporters who tried to overturn the election with false paperwork saying he beat Joe Biden

Daily Mail  

An Arizona grand jury has sent out subpoenas to alleged participants in a version of the 'fake electors scheme' in the state –the latest iteration of a multi-state conspiracy probe springing from the effort to overturn the 2020 election results. An Arizona grand jury has sent out subpoenas to alleged participants in a version of the 'fake electors scheme', amid …

A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election

Associated Press  

REDDING, Calif. — Voters in Northern California’s rural Shasta County have twice voted for Donald Trump by wide margins while electing staunch conservatives to the local county board. Ann Brassfield, a retired border agent, said she has helped out in the county elections office before and “can’t really say that I saw anything illegal going on.” Now Brassfield, who said …

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 …

Recall effort against Arizona election denier fails
1 year, 7 months ago

Recall effort against Arizona election denier fails

Associated Press  

Organizers of an effort to remove a rural Arizona county supervisor for skepticism over the results of last year’s election announced that they have fallen short of the legal requirement to proceed with a recall effort that would have given voters the option of removing him from office. The campaign to recall Tom Crosby in rural Cochise County said Wednesday …

Arizona county’s new elections head shared voter fraud memes
1 year, 7 months ago

Arizona county’s new elections head shared voter fraud memes

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced voting machine conspiracies on Tuesday hired an elections director who has promoted the false claims that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump reelection in 2020. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer, who shared memes on his personal Facebook page …

Arizona high court declines most of Kari Lake’s appeal over her loss in governor’s race
1 year, 9 months ago

Arizona high court declines most of Kari Lake’s appeal over her loss in governor’s race

LA Times  

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear most of Republican Kari Lake’s appeal in a challenge of her defeat in November’s governor’s race. In an order Wednesday, the state’s highest court said a lower court erroneously dismissed Lake’s claim challenging the application of signature-verification procedures on early ballots in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix. In mid-February, the Arizona Court …

Finchem sanctioned over ‘baseless’ Arizona election suit
1 year, 9 months ago

Finchem sanctioned over ‘baseless’ Arizona election suit

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona judge has sanctioned former Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem and his attorney over a lawsuit challenging his loss in last year’s election, saying the suit “was groundless and not brought in good faith.” Finchem’s suit raised unsupported claims that his loss was marred by misconduct and demanded the results be set aside and the …

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 …

Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 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 …

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 …

Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims
1 year, 10 months ago

Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims

Associated Press  

Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false. The latest revelation that people spreading Trump’s false claims knew there was no evidence to support them comes from a court filing in a defamation …

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 …

Trump Acolyte Kari Lake Loses Suit Over Her Defeat in Arizona Govenor's Race
1 year, 11 months ago

Trump Acolyte Kari Lake Loses Suit Over Her Defeat in Arizona Govenor's Race

News 18  

An Arizona judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Republican candidate Kari Lake, a Donald Trump loyalist who sought to overturn her unsuccessful bid to become the southwestern state’s governor. The court found no “clear and convincing evidence of misconduct” that would have impacted the outcome of the November election as Lake alleged, Judge Peter Thompson said in his …

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 …

Arizona election deniers are on life support: columnist
2 years ago

Arizona election deniers are on life support: columnist

Raw Story  

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin can't help but notice the election denial movement in Arizona is finally coming to an end, at least it is when it comes to the final certification this year's statewide races. As the Associated Pressreported this week, Florida, Georgia and Virginia all set up "law enforcement" units that are spending tens of millions of dollars …

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 …

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 …

Trump Acolyte Kari Lake Follows in His Footsteps, Denies She Lost Arizona Governor Race
2 years, 1 month ago

Trump Acolyte Kari Lake Follows in His Footsteps, Denies She Lost Arizona Governor Race

News 18  

Former US President Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate for the Arizona gubernatorial race Kari lake declined to concede her race on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/ytaGvqG5J0— Kari Lake November 17, 2022 For Kari Lake, election denialism was a major talking point on her campaign trail. This did not stop misinformation from spreading regarding the elections and there were several people who said that election …

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 …

Why the AP hasn’t called the Arizona governor’s race
2 years, 1 month ago

Why the AP hasn’t called the Arizona governor’s race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press has not yet called the open governor’s race in Arizona between Katie Hobbs, the Democratic secretary of state, and Republican Kari Lake, a former TV broadcaster, because there are still too many votes left to count to conclude Hobbs’ lead is insurmountable. Here’s the situation so far, starting with the most recent information: SUNDAY, NOV. …

Mark Kelly: Time to let go of "conspiracies of the past"
2 years, 1 month ago

Mark Kelly: Time to let go of "conspiracies of the past"

The Independent  

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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 …

Arizona Republicans Baselessly Claim Vote Counting Process Is Sign Of Corruption
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona Republicans Baselessly Claim Vote Counting Process Is Sign Of Corruption

Huff Post  

Kari Lake, Arizona Republican candidate for governor, speaks to the media after voting on Election Day with son Leo, second from right, and daughter Ruby, right, in Phoenix. Officials announced the likely timeline before Election Day: “We know everyone would like results faster,” Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer told The Washington Post in a report published Monday. “They always intentionally …

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation

Associated Press  

Arizona remained the epicenter for post-Election Day misinformation Thursday as vote counting in that state continued. The U.S. has a long history of political races that weren’t settled on Election Day, and those occasional delays have only increased in recent years given the rising popularity of voting by mail. In key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, election officials …

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania
2 years, 1 month ago

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters. “Spread to normies.” It’s an example of Election Day misinformation that reveals how misleading claims emerge and travel, and how innocent events can be spun into the latest viral election hoax. Maricopa County remained the epicenter of election misinformation Wednesday after problems …

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 …

Minor poll problems twisted into false US election claims
2 years, 1 month ago

Minor poll problems twisted into false US election claims

Associated Press  

Voters did not encounter widespread problems on Election Day. “While I think yesterday’s election was smoothly conducted, nobody should assume that those forces, including the former U.S. president, seeking to subvert elections are going away,” said David Levine, the elections integrity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a former elections director in Ada County, Idaho. The director of …

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 …

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