YUMA, Ariz. (KAWC) – On Monday, the Yuma County Board of Supervisors voted to certify the November 8 election results despite protests from two political activists.
Gary Garcia Snyder, who lost his run for state senator, is one of those raising red flags about the quote “abnormal.”
Another is David Lara, the trustee of Yuma Union High School.
In voicing his opposition, Snyder cited more than 30 instances of voters receiving multiple ballots and submitted some of those ballots as evidence.
Yuma County Elections Director Tiffany Anderson told KAWC that part of the sample came from two separate elections. One for primary and one for general.
Anderson told KAWC that there are many common reasons people receive two votes.
“If they make any changes to their voter registration records, if they call and let us know they didn’t have the ballot…”
Some people have reported receiving two ballots in the mail on the same day, but Anderson said it was out of her office’s control.
“This is not a problem with the Yuma County Recorders, it’s a Postal Service problem.”
Anderson said the official hand count, conducted on November 12th, showed 100% accuracy with the tally results.
That was enough for the board.
The supervisor approved the certification and advised Snyder that he was free to challenge the results in court.
No word on whether Snyder plans to do so.
La Paz County also certified the election results on Monday.