For Star subscribers: She outlines for prosecutors the laws she thinks two GOP Cochise County supervisors broke by refusing to certify election results by the legally required deadline.
Arizona's elections director wants prosecutors to investigate and"take appropriate enforcement actions'' against two Cochise County supervisors who refused to certify election results by the deadline as legally required.
People are also reading… "Supervisors Crosby and Judd knew they had a statutory requirement to canvass the election by Nov. 28, but instead chose to act in violation of the law, putting false election narratives ahead of Cochise County's voters,'' she wrote. "Supervisor Judd even publicly acknowledged that the false claims about equipment certification were merely a pretext, saying the claims were 'the only thing we have to stand on' to not certify the canvass,'' she said."Supervisors Crosby and Judd's actions not only demonstrate a complete disregard for the law but also jeopardize Arizona's democracy,'' she told the two prosecutors who, like the supervisors, are Republicans.
"This blatant act of defying Arizona's election laws risks establishing a dangerous precedent that we must discourage,'' she wrote."I ask that you investigate this conduct and take all necessary action to hold these public officers accountable.''One is a Class 3 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine, for a public official to knowingly fail or refuse to perform a duty imposed on them.
'The lesson we can learn'But Ann English, the third member of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors and its Democrat, told Capitol Media Services that a criminal probe — and some sort of sanctions against her errant colleagues — appears to be appropriate. She said there never was any question about the accuracy of the results in Cochise County. Nor, English said, was there the kind of controversy about voting procedures on Election Day as Maricopa County saw."They were trying to make a statement that was fed to them by people from the outside about the equipment statewide and about Maricopa,'' English said.
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