County board members in Arizona and Pennsylvania declined to certify the election results Monday, opening them up to lawsuits and court orders forcing them to sign off on the vote count in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ office sent a letter last week to the Cochise County board, in which state elections director Kori Lorick wrote that “if the Board refuses to certify the canvass by November 28, the Secretary will take all available legal action, including filing a special action to compel the Board’s compliance.”
Cochise County supervisors voted on Monday to call for a special meeting Friday about the security of their voting machines, saying they would like to hear further presentations on whether they were properly certified for use in the midterm election. It is not immediately clear what happens next in Luzerne. An attorney for the county told board members during the meeting that it was possible the state or candidates could “file actions” after the county failed to certify the election.there. And a statement from the Pennsylvania Department of State late Monday afternoon said that the department “has reached out to [Luzerne] officials to inquire about the board’s decision and their intended next steps.
In Maricopa, protesters targeted both board Chair Bill Gates and Recorder Stephen Richer, both Republicans, after tabulation machines at many polling places in the county wereon the day of the election. One person appeared to call for Gates to be executed for treason during a public hearing on Monday.
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