Certifying local election results has become an increasingly popular venue for pushing voter fraud claims, prompting state officials to brace for legal fights after ballots are cast this fall.
have clashed with state agencies in recent weeks by balking at certifying results from primary elections held this spring, citing concerns about Dominion voting machines and certain mail-in ballots.
“These recent episodes have certainly caused states to check the tools in their toolbox, to make sure that they have those tools and if not, to try to get them,” Simon, a Democrat, said in an interview with NBC News. “There is definitely a real risk that this is a harbinger of what may happen in at least some local election jurisdictions in the fall,” Pildes said.
Benson said she’s spoken with Republican lawmakers in the GOP-led Legislature about changing how canvassers are appointed and how they can be removed if they refuse to certify results. A citizen ballot initiative called Promote the Vote 2022, which advocates are trying to get on the ballot for November, also seeks to limit the power of county canvassers.
While Toulouse Oliver won her standoff with Otero County, Pennsylvania officials are now engaged in a similar legal battle with three GOP-led counties that have refused to certify election results that comply with a court order toOn Tuesday, Pennsylvania’s acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh Chapman sued the counties of Berks, Fayette and Lancaster to try to force them to include the ballots in their final results.
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