Posted on 11/30/2022 3:22:57 PM PST by Coronal
Election officials in a rural Arizona county are gearing up for a slew of legal battles after they failed to certify the results of the 2022 midterm elections, facing criminal penalties and at least two lawsuits.
Two Republican supervisors in Cochise County, Arizona, voted to delay the county’s election results until Friday — four days after the state-mandated deadline. The vote quickly spurred court battles from state officials as they scramble to complete the statewide canvass, which requires certified results from all 15 counties before being completed.
“It’s astounding that Cochise County officials failed to certify the election results,” Alex Gulotta, the All Voting is Local Arizona state director, said in a statement. “The refusal to certify the results is directly tied to those who would rather sow distrust in our electoral process than protect our democracy and ensure that all votes are counted.”
The delay of the statewide canvass threatens the postponement of recounts in at least two statewide elections, including the attorney general’s race, which can’t begin until results across Arizona are certified. It also hinders candidates and outside groups wishing to sue over election results, as parties can’t file lawsuits until the vote counts are certified.
Cochise County supervisors voted to delay certifying election results amid pressure from Republican leaders who wished to reject Democratic wins over GOP candidates. As a result, two county supervisors, Republicans Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, voted to push certification to Friday until they could receive more information about concerns over ballot tabulators.
Election officials have already deemed the ballot tabulators safe and accurate to use.
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I’ll tell you what’s astounding. The fact that any county in Arizona would certify this sham election.
So Katie Hobbs goes from election fraud Secretary of State vote counter to governor? Unfortunately this is just the start of new americah. The steal happened in 2020 and now in 2022 it’s just accepted without as much as a whimper
Secession is the only potentially peaceful way out of this mess.
Don’t certify.
Arizona was rigged.
Their own local elections don’t appear to have had any problems. The issue was with the elections in Maricopa County. They could certify their results with a clear conscience if they wanted to do so but chose not to.
Just like Brian "Brain" Kemp in Georgia...
That is not what my Obama 2008 Vote Fraud Detection tool says.
They've been busy little beavers in Arizona.
four days!
OMG! its the end of the world!
people not being allowed to vote
no big deal
The county BOS hasn’t alleged any problems there. I would think that they would have done so if that were the case.
I doubt that they know what's going on with the rigging. :)
Most counties had no significant issues.
There's no reason for them not to certify.
Good luck selling that idea here.
Hatie “Robbs” got 1,500 votes more than Cankles got in 2016, and Kari Lake got 2,000 votes less than Doug Douchey in 2018.
“I’ll tell you what’s astounding. The fact that any county in Arizona would certify this sham election.”
I agree, none should have certified but the given Maricopa and Pima counties. They would have a serious situation to deal with on their hands.
Yep, the election in Cochise County looked to be clean and the County Supervisors are not saying it wasn’t clean, they’re protesting the shennigans in Mariposa County. Cochise is a red county and Kari Lake beat Hobbs by 18 points.
I’m not sure how throwing out all those votes for Kari Lake and other Republicans down ballot in Cochise would accomplish anything, especially since Mariposa officials have certified the Mariposa vote. It’s kind of like if Ohio had refused to certify the Ohio vote for Trump in 2020 because of cheating in Pennsylvania.
The numbers in Cochise County don't add up.
"Robbs" got more "votes" in a midterm in Cochise than Cankles got in a presidential "election"
I spent a couple of years there with MIOBC and MICCC, HUMINT and 35E courses. Its nice area and Sandrat/Hijinx testing grounds ;)
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