The Board of Supervisors Mohave County, ArizonaIn protest of voting issues in Maricopa County’s midterm elections, the county moved to delay the certification of Monday’s results. It became the second county to do this.
The board members split their vote and decided to wait until Nov. 28 to confirm the election results. This was to “political statements” of solidarity with those who had been upset by the results. The voting machine issuesMaricopa County, which is the state’s largest county, was plagued by this problem. This is because Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright wrote Saturday to Maricopa County Attorney’s Office asking for explanations about issues with ballot-on demand printers at at least 60 voting sites.
Katie Hobbs, Democratic Secretary of State, was elected governor Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,He was re-elected for a full six-year term, after nearly 2.6million Arizonans voted. Hobbs’ Republican opponent Kari lake has refused to concede the race, saying that her supporters were disenfranchised because of the Election Day issues.
Maricopa County had problems with about 30% of its voting centers on Nov. 8. The tabulators were unable read some ballots and the tabulators reported that there were other issues.
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A voter votes at the secure ballot drop box at Maricopa County Tabulation & Election Center in Phoenix on Nov. 1, 2022.
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Election officials claim that all ballots were counted, and that no one was denied the right to vote. Voters experiencing problems with the tabulators were advised to put their ballots into a safe box. They were then transported to the county elections office and tabulated using machines that were in working order.
The following are some of the highlights. The office of the state attorney general demanded explanationsA Nov. 19 letter indicated that there were first-hand witness accounts, raising concerns about Maricopa County’s compliance with state election laws.
“Arizonans deserve a full report and accounting of the myriad problems that occurred in relation to Maricopa County’s administration of the 2022 General Election,” Wright wrote.
Katie Hobbs (left) and Kari Lake are Arizona’s gubernatorial hopefuls.
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Officials from Maricopa County claim that 17,000 Election Day ballots were affected and were later counted at the polling station instead. According to the Associated Press, only 16% of 1.56 million votes in Maricopa County were cast in person on Election Day.
Mohave County had no issues with their ballots. However, board members voted for delaying certification of the results to Nov. 28 deadline. This was in what the proponents called a “political declaration.”
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Stephen Richer (Maricopa County Recorder) opens mail-in ballots to the Maricopa County Tabulation & Election Center in Phoenix on November 11, 2022.
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Hildy Angius, a board member, stated that it was a political statement. “We did it in 2020, and it doesn’t stop us. We are not held responsible. It is, again, a statement to solidarity with other countries who are doing the same.”
Officials in the southeastern Cochise County Also voted to delay certificationRequesting that the secretary be able to confirm that their vote-counting machines had been legally certified, they submitted their election results Friday. Three witnesses testified that the certifications had expired before the county cast its vote.
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On Monday, Kori Lorick, the state Elections Director, presented the certifications to the county board for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission vote-counting machines. Lorick warned the board that all Cochise County ballots will be counted if the certification has not been received by the secretary-general’s office by Dec. 5. Democrats would be benefited if Cochise County fails to certify the results. Some Republicans won up to 60% of the vote in that county.
This report was compiled by the Associated Press.
