C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
āThe two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own elections director to force her to conduct a greatly expanded hand-count of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 elections, a standoff that could affect certification of the results.
They want Cochise County Elections Director Lisa Marra to hand over the roughly 12,000 ballots cast on Election Day to the county recorder, an elected Republican. The elected county prosecutor warned the private lawyers representing the two GOP board members that taking ballots without authorization could subject their clients to felony charges.
At a raucous board meeting Tuesday, several members of the public berated the two Republicans on the three-member board for pursuing the hand-count and seeking to pay for the case with county funds. One called a board member a ādemagogueā who is āmaking a disgusting shamā of the democratic process.
The push to hand-count ballots in the Republican-heavy county in the stateās southeast corner, which is home to the iconic Old West town of Tombstone, gained impetus from false claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies of widespread fraud and voting machine conspiracy theories in the last presidential contest. There has been no evidence of widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines in 2020 or during this yearās midterm elections.ā
Even after the GOP 2022 midterm disaster, having been comprehensively repudiated by the voters,
Republicans arenāt giving up on lies about āfraudā and ācheating.ā
They want Cochise County Elections Director Lisa Marra to hand over the roughly 12,000 ballots cast on Election Day to the county recorder, an elected Republican. The elected county prosecutor warned the private lawyers representing the two GOP board members that taking ballots without authorization could subject their clients to felony charges.
At a raucous board meeting Tuesday, several members of the public berated the two Republicans on the three-member board for pursuing the hand-count and seeking to pay for the case with county funds. One called a board member a ādemagogueā who is āmaking a disgusting shamā of the democratic process.
The push to hand-count ballots in the Republican-heavy county in the stateās southeast corner, which is home to the iconic Old West town of Tombstone, gained impetus from false claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies of widespread fraud and voting machine conspiracy theories in the last presidential contest. There has been no evidence of widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines in 2020 or during this yearās midterm elections.ā
Fight over election tally threatens Arizona certification
The two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own election director to force her to conduct a greatly expanded hand-count of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election.
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Even after the GOP 2022 midterm disaster, having been comprehensively repudiated by the voters,
Republicans arenāt giving up on lies about āfraudā and ācheating.ā