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Tom Crosby

Jul 16, 2024

Inside the private pressure campaign to force hand-counting of Arizona ballots

Republican lawmakers in Arizona privately pressured county leaders across the state to count ballots by hand instead of using machines, according to previously unreported text messages.

Jun 19, 2024

Attorney: Indicted Cochise County supervisors to challenge adverse court ruling

Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby’s attempts to see two felony charges for allegedly delaying the canvass of the 2022 election dismissed or returned to the grand jury failed, a judge ruled Tuesday, pushing the case closer to trial. 

Apr 20, 2024

Retaliation or criminal conspiracy? Attorneys for indicted Cochise County supervisors aim to toss case

Attorneys for two Cochise County supervisors facing criminal charges lashed out Friday in a hearing at Attorney General Kris Mayes for indicting them in the first place.

Feb 24, 2024

Court filings reveal secret grand jury interviews that led to indictments of Cochise County supervisors

The two Cochise County supervisors who face felony charges for allegedly attempting to interfere with the certification of the county’s midterm election recently filed documents in court that give glimpses of the secret grand jury interviews that led to their indictment.

Dec 21, 2023

2 Cochise County officials arraigned in election certification case

Two Cochise County supervisors pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county's 2022 midterm election results. 

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Nov 30, 2023

Resigning office under indictment could be poor strategy

Indicted Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby has no plans of resigning after the state grand jury charged him and his colleague Supervisor, Chairwoman Peggy Judd on two felony counts for delaying certification of the 2022 election.

Judd, Crosby, indictment, 2022 election
Nov 29, 2023

Grand jury indicts two Cochise County supervisors on felony charges tied to election canvass delays

A grand jury indicted Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd on felony charges for working to delay the canvass of the 2022 general election.

Judd, Crosby, indictment, 2022 election
Oct 30, 2023

Cochise County officials who refused to certify election now under investigation by Arizona attorney general

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is investigating two Cochise County supervisors who refused to certify the county’s midterm election results by the state-required deadline. 

ballots, Cochise County, Stevens, elections
Aug 10, 2023

County tailors ballot project to politically connected firm 

As an Arizona county prepares to spend up to $1 million in state money to test anti-counterfeit features on ballots, it appears the project was tailored for one company in particular that has pushed the idea with the help of political allies in the state for more than two years. 

Jul 16, 2023

Court to hear arguments on full hand counts in Cochise County

At least one appellate court judge appears ready to let Cochise County do a full hand count of its early ballots. But not of those voted at polling places.

Cochise County, elections, voters, recorder, Crosby, Judd, Stevens, conspiracy theories
Jul 6, 2023

County mired in frivolous lawsuits, sketchy hire

We’re peeved about the costly elections-related tussles in Cochise County: failed attempts to conduct an illegal 100% hand count of ballots; a lawsuit filed by two supervisors during an Open Meeting Law violation to compel our elections director to break the law; the intentional delay of canvassing election results and the transfer of election duties to our partisan election skeptic recorder.

Cochise County, elections, David Stevens, Bob Bartelsmeyer
Apr 26, 2023

Newly hired Cochise County elections director draws criticism for social media posts

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors’ vote to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer, former La Paz County elections director, to take over the election operations, drew criticism as some cited his social media posts dabbling in election denial sentiments.

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