Republican officials in two counties in Arizona and Pennsylvania declined Monday to certify the results of the midterm elections. become commonplace among conservatives.

Republicans on the election commissions of Cochise County, Arizona and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania voted against the motion to certify the election results there.

Cochise County residents voted for Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Republican senatorial candidate Blake Masters, but both candidates ultimately lost statewide elections.

Luzern County residents voted for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro and Republican Senator Mehmet Oz, ultimately winning Shapiro and leaving Oz statewide short.

Monday’s poll in Cochise jeopardizes the certification of more than 47,000 votes and could expose the county to lawsuits.

At Monday’s meeting, supervisor Tom Crosby suggested deferring approval until Friday, supported by fellow supervisor Peggy Judd.

“The agenda for this meeting needed to provide interaction between subject matter experts in the voter machine and representatives of the Secretary of State,” he said.

Board chair and Democrat Anne English disagreed, arguing there was “no reason to delay” and “more than once I’ve heard from everyone how they feel about certifying machines.” claimed.

“Regardless of how you feel about what happened in Maricopa, Pima, Mojave, and Apache, to prove the election of Cochise County, to make this decision that is not discretionary on our part. I think you both have the information you need. We’re here to talk about Cochise County and our election,” she said.

In a follow-up statement to ABC News, English said he believes “it is illegal for the board not to certify elections as stated in the statute.”

“It’s particularly troubling to me that instead of relying on the Arizona Office of Elections that the machine was certified, other board members would accept baseless ideas and unverified claims as facts,” she said. “The Cochise County election went off without a hitch, the number of machines and the number of hands matched 100%. No issues, all these claims are just grandstands.”

Arizona emerged as the epicenter of cheating allegations in the mid-cycle. The Republican candidate took up the issue of printers in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, which has about 60% of Arizona’s population. Local officials insist the issue did not prevent voters from counting votes, but Lake continues to insist the issue cost her support.

Maricopa County officials held a unanimous vote on Monday proving the county’s results.

Neither Crosby nor Judd immediately responded to requests for comment on the poll.

In Lucerne County, two Republicans on the Electoral Commission voted against certification of interim results, two Democrats voted for certification, and one Democrat abstained.

Lucerne County ran out of paper ballots on Election Day, but extended polling hours to ensure all ballots were cast.

The Lucerne county manager has announced plans to step down the day after the election.

James Magna, vice chairman of the Republican Board of Elections, said, “There’s enough misconduct and enough disagreement in this county and enough disenfranchisement of disenfranchised voters that we’re serious about re-voting.” I don’t understand how we can proceed without considering it seriously.” According to ABC series WNEP.

Democratic Rep. Audrey Cerniak added, “We’ve scrutinized everything as far as the settlement is concerned. It means that the anomaly has mostly been explained. And it was due to the confusion in the polls due to the paper shortage.” rice field.

Democrat Daniel Schram, who abstained, initially said, “I feel like I need a little more information.”

WNEP then report Schramm said he had an answer to his specific question and said he would prove the result at the next poll. WNEP said the board will meet again on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania State Department told ABC News in a statement Monday that it has contacted Luzerne County officials “to inquire about the Board’s decision and their intended next steps.”

Counties have traditionally rarely refused to authenticate elections, but local Republican officials did so before the midterm elections, bolstered by the former president’s belief that voter fraud and election fraud were widespread within the Republican Party. Speculation abounded that it could promote Donald Trump’s baseless attack on the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.

The issue isn’t expected to stop the election winner from taking a seat, but the move opens up the county to litigation, with prominent attorney Mark Elias warning of upcoming lawsuits. doing.

On Monday, his company said in a statement that it had filed a lawsuit against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors.

Officials for the Arizona secretary of state did not respond to a request for comment.

Brittany Shepherd and Oren Oppenheim of ABC News contributed to this report.