Monday's ruling from Pima County Superior Court Judge Casey F. McGinley came after a full-day hearing on Friday in which opponents spoke out against the proposal.
PHOENIX — A judge on Monday blocked Cochise County's plan to conduct a full hand-count of ballots from the current election — a measure requested by Republican officials who expressed unfounded concerns that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy.
The lawsuit only challenged a full hand-count of an estimated 30,000 early ballots, but the ruling went further by blocking hand-counts of both the early ballots and those cast on Election Day. “Because the Board’s directive would require the initial audit of approximately 30,000 early ballots, it is not permitted by the plain language of ,” McGinley said.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, issued an informal opinion on Oct. 28 siding with the board.
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