The Otero County Commission voted 2-1, with one of the central figures in the refusal to certify the results, Commissioner Couy Griffin , voting "no." "I will be of no use to the residents of Otero County from jail or if I'm removed from office," she added. At Friday's meeting, she said her questions about those votes had been addressed by the county election officials. A little more than 7,300 Otero County voters cast ballots in this month's primary, according to the secretary of state's office. But officials in the southern New Mexico county of roughly 68,000 people have faced scrutiny before over their election-related conduct.

Source: CNN June 18, 2022 06:20 UTC