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Court rules counties can’t hand-count all ballots in elections

Bob Christie, Capitol Media Services//October 18, 2023//

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Court rules counties can’t hand-count all ballots in elections

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Court rules counties can’t hand-count all ballots in elections

Bob Christie, Capitol Media Services//October 18, 2023//

Arizona counties are prohibited by law from hand-counting all ballots in an election, even if they want to do so because county leaders have bought into conspiracy theories that say...

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