CNN —The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office on Friday asked state and local prosecutors to investigate and take enforcement action against two Republican officials who had balked at certifying their county’s election results by the legal deadline. Thursday’s vote, which Crosby skipped, capped a high-profile confrontation between the two Republicans on the three-member board and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat and the state’s governor-elect. The Republicans on the county board had initially delayed signing off on the results, citing claims that electronic vote-tallying machines were not properly certified. State election officials said the machines had been tested and certified and argued that the Republicans on the panel were advancing debunked conspiracy theories. In recent weeks, McIntyre and the two GOP supervisors in Cochise have been at odds.

Source: CNN December 03, 2022 20:04 UTC