Conservative Arizona county votes against hand-counting ballots in 2024 election
Conservative counties in northwestern Arizona on Tuesday voted against proposals to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election, following remarks by the local elections director. argued against It was proposed due to its high cost and high demand for workers. Mojave County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 against plan. Supervisors Ron Gould and Hildy […]
Amid push for hand-counting ballots, Republican senators emphasize legality, not practicality | National News
A member of the Senate election “audit” team demonstrates how auditors will manually tally each of the 2.1 million votes cast in the 2020 Maricopa County presidential election.Photo: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy Arizona Miller Votebeat is a non-profit news organization covering vote access and election administration across the United States. Sign up for our free newsletter here. […]
Arizona Republicans emphasize legality, not practicality in push for hand-counting ballots
Republican lawmakers in Arizona, who are touring the state to persuade county decision makers to hand-count ballots in the upcoming presidential election, have made one point they believe is legal here. “Once again, you are not required to use machines,” State Senator Sonny Borelli told three Gila County Republican supervisors last week. “Count your hands, […]
After botching election results, Arizona county wants to try hand-counting ballots
Pinal County’s inaccurate tally for 2022 was due to human error. Counting ballots by hand won’t prevent it again. “This article was originally published by Votebeat, a non-profit news organization that covers local election administration and voter access.” After officials initially failed to count hundreds of ballots due to human error in the Pinal County […]
After botching election results, Pinal County wants to try hand-counting ballots
After officials initially failed to count hundreds of ballots due to human error in the Pinal County midterm elections, county regulators now want to attempt manual ballot counting. ing. The county’s middle-of-the-road error wasn’t caused by the ballot-counting machine, but by workers misprogramming the machine and overlooking an error in the machine that left the […]
