Organizers of an effort to remove an Arizona county superintendent who was skeptical of last year’s election results said they failed to meet legal requirements to advance the recall effort to give voters the option to remove him. .
A campaign to recall Tom Crosby in rural Cochise County said Wednesday night it fell short of gathering the 4,865 signatures needed to carry out the recall…
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Organizers of an effort to remove an Arizona county superintendent who was skeptical of last year’s election results said they failed to meet legal requirements to advance the recall effort to give voters the option to remove him. .
A campaign to recall Tom Crosby in rural Cochise County said Wednesday night it was short of gathering the 4,865 signatures needed to put the recall on the ballot later this year.
Crosby is one of two Republican overseers on three boards who have refused certification. 2022 election in the county.
they Push to count ballots by hand Giving election oversight to county elected officials instead of relying on more accurate voting machines Republican Recorder Instead of nonpartisan staff. The Recorders then hired a new election administrator. Shared Meme Reflecting Former President Donald Trump’s False Fraud Claims in the 2020 presidential election.
“This is not the end,” recall organizer Eric Schodolski said in a statement. “We just continue in a different way and it takes a little longer.”
Crosby did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He had previously scoffed at the seriousness of the recall.
became conservative Cochise County epicenter That’s partly because Republican candidates embraced the conspiracy theory in states where Republicans lost top elections last year.
Crosby and another Republican, Peggy Judd, demanded a hand count over county elections administrator Lisa Mara, but were stopped by a judge. They then refused to certify the results of the election, but were stopped again by the judge.
Mara resigned earlier this year and sued the county, claiming she was subjected to intimidation and harassment because of her supervisor’s decision. gave the director of Democratic Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays sued to block the move, but a judge allowed it to go ahead.
Last month, Crosby and Judd held an election in a small Arizona county and voted to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer, who shared a meme that repeatedly disproves allegations of voter fraud, as the county’s new election administrator.
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