Tue Nov 22, 2022 – 5:12 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Election boards in two Republican-led Arizona counties are delaying certification of the state’s election results following a slew of voting machine breakdowns and ballot-counting delays stretching nearly a week past Election Day. The delays follow an order from the Arizona Republican Attorney General’s office requesting that officials in Maricopa County submit a report regarding how it handled the election.
The moves come after Trump-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake signaled last week she would challenge the results of the Arizona governor’s election after Democratic challenger and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was declared the winner.
Two Arizona counties have voted to delay the certification of their ballots: https://t.co/4KCZJjqFOJ
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Election board members in southeastern Arizona’s Cochise County agreed Monday to delay certification of the election results, the Associated Press reported. The board made the decision after hearing arguments that the county’s voting machines had not been appropriately certified.
While the state’s election director has argued the machines were “properly certified under both federal and state laws and requirements,” the Cochise election board’s Republican leaders agreed to delay certification of
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