The Arizona secretary of state's office is calling for an investigation and 'action' after two Cochise County supervisors refused to certify election results.
The northwestern Arizona county is temporarily delaying certification of results from the midterm election until Nov. 28. A supervisor acknowledged that the move was a "political statement" during the meeting.
The Arizona secretary of state's office is calling for an investigation into, and enforcement action against, potential violations of state law committed by two Cochise County supervisors who refused to certify results for the midterm election.
She said that the supervisors knew that they had a statutory requirement to canvass the election by a Nov. 28 deadline but"chose to act in violation of the law, putting false election narratives ahead of the Cochise County's voters." Lorick cited a Nov. 28 report from The New York Times, in which one of the supervisors reportedly said that
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