Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order

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Under a court order, officials in Republican-controlled Cochise County, Ariz., finally certified their local midterm elections results after they missed the state's legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk.

"I've had enough. I think the public's had enough," said English, the board's chair who had supported certifying the results and asked the judge for a"swift resolution" during the court hearing.Citing state law, McGinley noted it is"clear" that the board was"duty bound" to certify the results and submit them to the secretary of state by Monday given that no results were missing from the county's totals.

No attorney was present in the courtroom Thursday to represent the board, which had only approved a last-minute choice of a law firm less than two hours before Thursday's hearing. Before backing down and voting to certify at the board's emergency meeting, Judd called herself"a rule-of-law person" who had to ultimately support making the election results official because of the court ruling and"my own health and situations that are going on in our life."Some former prosecutors in Arizona have been calling for criminal investigations into Judd and Crosby.

 

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But Maricopa's slow ass count was just what the doctor ordered.

Martina What a waste of time and money..... Kraken....

Now we need to have them explain to a judge why they refused to act. They can bring their evidence and have their lawyers present it.

Lesson: These Republicans do not respect voters, and therefore do not respect the Constitution or the country.

Queue the outrage and contempt for using the court of law against them.

The “winner” threatened to hail the objectors.

Cope

lmao

Now, they should be held accountable for their actions. They purposely tried to hold up election results and nearly caused people's votes/voices to be muted. Fire them and get rid of the whole lot.

Defund

Funniest part is when they told the judge they had hired a divorce lawyer to represent them…except they hadn’t and he had to release a statement saying he wasn’t representing them. MAGAts would be hilarious if they weren’t so dangerous.

cheaters

What’s Kari Lake gonna say? 😆🤦🏻

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