On Monday, following delay after delay, the MAGA-controlled Cochise County, Arizona, board of elections missed its deadline to certify 47,000-plus (principally conservative) votes. The transfer was seen by most as pure political theater from a deep-red county which has swallowed the Huge Lie election denialism hook, line, and sinker. Like all political theater, this may price taxpayers cash.
Earlier than two MAGA-conspiracy theorists who don’t belief “any computer systems” didn’t do their half to certify their constituents’ votes, Arizona State Elections Director Kori Lorick defined that there was no proof of impropriety within the 2022 midterm elections, and “the secretary will use all obtainable authorized cures to compel compliance with Arizona regulation and shield Cochise County voters’ proper to have their votes counted.”
Late on Monday, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who would be the state’s subsequent Democratic governor, sued the Republican-controlled county for refusing to do its job. The actual fact that this transfer doesn’t assist Democrats get extra votes appears misplaced on the fake-triots in Cochise County. Nevertheless, as folks have begun to level out, not solely is that this quixotic conspiracist’s journey going to be financially expensive for Arizonans, the Republican Get together officers behind it are placing plenty of conservative constituents’ votes in jeopardy. “Lorick wrote in a letter final week that Hobbs is required by regulation to approve the statewide canvass by subsequent week and must exclude Cochise County’s votes in the event that they aren’t acquired in time. ” You understand what meaning? Sure. It means precisely what you suppose it means.
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