Cochise County, Arizona — The Cochise County Board of Supervisors certified the 2022 election results Thursday. After days of legal battles, a judge ordered Arizona County to investigate the election.
Two Republicans on the board had previously opted to delay the investigation into the county’s election results past the Nov. 28 deadline, prompting the Arizona Secretary of State to bring the board to court.
On Thursday, Judge Casey McGinley ruled that the board “exceeded its legal authority” by failing to prove the election results in time, and called on the board to hold an emergency meeting by the end of the day. ordered.
The judge said the supervisor failed to provide evidence that he had the legal authority not to investigate the results on time.
Republican Peggy Judd and Democrat Ann English followed orders and voted to prove the election results.
Republican Superintendent Tom Crosby did not attend Thursday’s meeting.
Judd, who had previously backed the suspension of certification, suggested he would continue to fight for the election to be conducted fairly.
“I’m not ashamed of what I did,” Judd said Thursday.
The Office of the Secretary of State is currently scheduled to review state results on Monday, Dec. 5.
The Board’s initial refusal to recognize election results in Republican-leaning counties disenfranchised nearly 50,000 Cochise residents and threatened to overturn the victories of at least two Republican candidates. Principal.
