As Mohave County pursues a plan to hand-count all 2024 ballots, Secretary of State steps in
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes sent a letter to Mojave County regulators a day after regulators in northwestern Arizona counties voted for a plan to hand-count ballots in the 2024 presidential election. rice field. On Tuesday, he said he was concerned that continuing on this path would violate state and federal laws, could be […]
Arizona officials OK hand-count audit in Cochise County
PHOENIX — Two Republicans on county commissions in rural southeastern Arizona hand-counted all ballots in the Nov. 8 election after rejecting a motion to say otherwise in a chaotic meeting. ‘s proposal was approved by a two-to-one vote on Monday. Cochise County supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby voted for the measure after rejecting an […]
Pinal County rejected a push for an expanded hand-count of 2022 ballots
Pinal County will follow in Cochise County’s footsteps this month by not expanding standard post-election ballot hand-count audits. The Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday rejected a proposal to expand post-election audits after lengthy and sometimes controversial public comments. Morning headlines delivered to your inbox Subscribe Arizona has been a hotbed of denial about […]
Judge blocks hand-count of early ballots in Cochise County, AZ
While the lawsuit only challenged the handcount of early voting, the ruling appears to block the full handcount of both early voting and election day voting. Cochise County, Arizona — Editor’s Note: The video above is from a previous broadcast. A judge on Monday blocked a plan by a rural Arizona county to attempt a […]
Cochise County leaders end hand-count lawsuit, cite recount
On Wednesday, two Republicans who control the board in a rural county in southeastern Arizona told a judge they wanted to drop the lawsuit they filed two days ago. The lawsuit sought to force their election officials to hand-count all ballots cast directly. election day. In court filings, one Cochise County Republican overseer said he […]
Hand-count audits find no problems with Arizona ballot tabulators
hand count Audit of November Election Results Twelve Arizona counties had no issues with their electronic ballot counting systems, but three counties did not conduct post-election audits as required by law. State law requires counties to count partial moves on ballots after each election. Representatives of each approved political party in the county randomly select […]
