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 on Thursday, Judd and Crosby pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and interference with an election officer and were informed of future court dates, including a May 16 trial. Then-Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, now Arizona’s governor, had warned she might have to certify statewide results without numbers from Cochise County if they weren’t received in time, an outcome that would have tipped the balance of several close races.

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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 …

Georgia judge says county election officials cannot delay or decline certification of election results
2 months, 1 week ago

Georgia judge says county election officials cannot delay or decline certification of election results

CNN  

CNN — County election officials in Georgia cannot delay or decline to certify election results, a state judge ruled Monday, dealing a blow to an effort by conservatives in the critical battleground state to gain the legal right to reject results based on a suspicion of fraud or abuse. “Election superintendents in Georgia have a mandatory fixed obligation to certify …

Arizona officials race to fix ‘clerical error’ for voters who haven’t proved citizenship
3 months, 1 week ago

Arizona officials race to fix ‘clerical error’ for voters who haven’t proved citizenship

CNN  

CNN — Election officials in Arizona are racing to correct a clerical error that could shut out nearly 100,000 voters from casting ballots in state and local races. Officials have described the Arizona situation as a “clerical error” and a “coding glitch” that isn’t part of any organized scheme to undermine the integrity of the 2024 election. The office filed …

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 …

Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now
4 months ago

Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s Supreme Court declined Tuesday to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state’s top election official and attorney general after one county initially voted against certifying recount results from the June primary. The high court said in a ruling that the matter was moot since the Washoe County Commission’s original 3-2 vote against certification …

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. …

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 …

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
9 months ago

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. “What would be even more of a shame is if we couldn’t look the workers in the eye and say, ‘We’re doing everything possible to make sure that you’re safe,’” he said. Arizona’s top election officials are taking an aggressive approach to combating disinformation and responding to …

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 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 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 …

All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims
54 years, 11 months ago

All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Uncounted ballots that got mixed with counted ballots at voting sites in Arizona’s Maricopa County were not included in the final midterm election results. While such ballots were mixed at two separate voting centers on Election Day, they were properly vetted and accurately tabulated, according to Megan Gilbertson, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Elections Department. Poll workers advised …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday, but election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted. After polls closed, the county supervisor, Republican Bill Gates, apologized, but said “every voter had the opportunity to vote and have their vote counted.” The issue affected an …

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Early Tuesday morning, Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist with close ties to the Trump family, shared a video of a poll worker in conservative Anthem, Arizona, announcing to a line of waiting voters that one of the polling place’s two tabulators was broken. “It could be a printer issue, or it could be the tabulator itself,” …

Here Are The 11 States That Will Be Slow To Release Election Results
2 years, 1 month ago

Here Are The 11 States That Will Be Slow To Release Election Results

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Don’t expect to learn the full results of the 2022 midterm elections on Tuesday night. In states including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Republicans have refused to enact legislation to allow mail ballots to be processed prior to Election Day. Since Alaska is very large and many voters cast ballots by mail, the state counts ballots postmarked by Election …

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 election officials battle conspiracy theories as voters head to the polls
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona election officials battle conspiracy theories as voters head to the polls

LA Times  

Two years after former President Trump attempted to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the electoral process remains in the shadow of the 2020 election, plagued by threats to election workers, efforts to misinform or intimidate voters and the rise of far-right candidates who have echoed false claims of election fraud. “The widespread issues — in an election administered by …

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, …

EXPLAINER: Trying to get politics out of election certifying
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: Trying to get politics out of election certifying

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Before the 2020 presidential election, certifying election results in the states was routine and generated little public attention. Through the canvass and certification process, local election officials check to ensure all votes were cast and counted correctly before results become official. This typically involves a board comprised of statewide officials such as the secretary of state and governor, …

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 …

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 …

Lake, Finchem want to bar Arizona’s vote tabulating machines
2 years, 7 months ago

Lake, Finchem want to bar Arizona’s vote tabulating machines

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Two Republican candidates for top statewide offices in Arizona have asked a court to bar the use of machines in tabulating ballots in the November midterm elections and instead have them counted them by hand. The lawsuit filed Friday by gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem against Democratic Secretary of State and gubernatorial …

Arizona AG letter offers no proof of 2020 election fraud
2 years, 8 months ago

Arizona AG letter offers no proof of 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Republican attorney general issued an interim report Wednesday on his review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County that outlined his concerns with some election procedures but did not provide proof of any major issues despite six months of investigation. The former president has vented repeatedly about the pace of Brnovich’s review of the 2020 election and …

Arizona secretary of state calls for investigation of Trump, Giuliani, state GOP chair over election interference
3 years, 5 months ago

Arizona secretary of state calls for investigation of Trump, Giuliani, state GOP chair over election interference

The Independent  

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