A Republican-led county in Arizona that flouted a statutory deadline for election certification ended up certifying its results Thursday shortly after a judge ordered officials there to take action.
for election certification ended up certifying its results Thursday shortly after a judge ordered officials there to take action.
Ann English, the sole Democrat on the three-member Board of Supervisors, and Vice Chair Peggy Judd, a Republican, voted to approve the election results. GOP member Tom Crosby was absent. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sued Cochise County this week after the two Republicans on the board voted to further delay certifying the election results. The county previously postponed certification at a Nov. 18 meeting.01:31
Hobbs lauded Pima County Superior Court Judge Casey McGinley's order compelling the county to canvass its results.
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