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Cochise County delays election certification, despite risk of violating law
Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby voted today to defy the election certification deadline and delayed their vote to Friday, putting the county in violation of Arizona law and at risk of nullifying their residents’ votes.
Maricopa County supervisors certify election results, receive threats, criticism
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to certify the 2022 election after two hours of public comment and extensive presentations from election officials.
Amid divisiveness, the concession call isn’t dead
The concession call is a staple of politics both in Arizona and around the country, but in recent years a number of high-profile figures have refused to concede or have even openly challenged their election losses.
Senate Government Committee head demands county produce election documents
The head of the Senate Government Committee is demanding that Maricopa County officials produce a laundry list of documents and records regarding the just completed general election.
Tally shows 510-vote loss, Hamadeh files lawsuit
Republican Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh filed an election contest on Tuesday evening, a day after a final vote tally left Hamadeh 510 votes behind Democrat Kris Mayes in the race.
2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now
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.
Final vote tally shows Mayes wins as attorney general, race heading for recount
Democrat Kris Mayes is expected to be the next attorney general of Arizona. That’s according to the final tally of all votes showing that Mayes, a former Republican member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, outpolled GOP foe Abe Hamadeh by 510 votes out of more than 2.5 million ballots for that race.
Brnovich demands answers from Maricopa County about what he suspects are election law violations
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is demanding answers from Maricopa County about what he said appear to be violations of state election law. In a letter Saturday, his office says it has received "hundreds of complaints'' about how the county administered the general election.
Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
Lengthy vote counts can frustrate candidates and their supporters, but they don't indicate anything is wrong with the voting or the tallying of ballots.
Cochise County leaders end hand-count lawsuit, cite recount
Two Republicans who control the board in Cochise County on Wednesday told a judge they want to withdraw a lawsuit they had filed just two days prior that sought to force their own elections director to hand-count all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day.
Lake teases legal action, promotes election complaints
After days of near silence following her loss in the governor’s race, Republican candidate Kari Lake said on Thursday that she is “still in this fight.”
Mesnard pulls ahead of Hans in LD13 Senate race
From left are political newcomer and Democrat Cindy Hans and Republican incumbent Sen. J.D. Mesnard. As of 11:16 a.m. on Wednesday, Mesnard was leading with 51.1% of the vote.
