Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes has filed a lawsuit against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors, claiming the board overstepped its authority by delegating election duties almost entirely to the county recorder. “Suing other public officials is not something I take lightly—but it is my job as attorney general to bring action when public officials…
Arizona Attorney General Sues County Officials Over Alleged Abuse of Power
Judge Orders Arizona’s Cochise County to Certify Election Results
An Arizona county’s board of supervisors certified their jurisdiction’s midterm elections results on Thursday at the order of a judge three days after they missed the statutory deadline of Nov. 28. Judge Casey McGinley of the Pima County Superior Court instructed Cochise County’s board of supervisors to convene and declare the results official by 5 p.m. MT…
US House Seat Could Flip to Democrat If Arizona County Officials Don’t Certify Election
An Arizona county’s refusal to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election could possibly cost Republicans a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, although one supervisor said it likely won’t come to that. As of Thursday, Cochise County has not yet certified its results, drawing a lawsuit from Secretary of State and Democrat…
Republicans End Effort to Hand Count Ballots in Arizona County
Two Republican officials in Arizona have ended a bid to hand count ballots from the midterm elections, saying they don’t want to interfere with the looming recount in at least one statewide race. Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, both Republicans, told a court on Nov. 16 that they want to withdraw their…
Republicans in Arizona County End Effort to Hand Count Ballots
Two Republican county officials in Arizona have ended a bid to force a hand count of midterm election ballots, saying they don’t want to interfere with the looming recount in at least one statewide race. Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd told a court on Nov. 16 that they want to withdraw their…
Arizona County Sued Over Planned Hand Count of Ballots
Officials in an Arizona county have been sued over their plan to hand count ballots cast in the upcoming midterm election. The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans said that Cochise County officials are poised to violate the law with the hand count and asked a state judge to block the plan. A.R.S. §§ 16-602(F), the…
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