Arizona election 2022: Counties face deadline to canvass results - The Arizona Republic

Monday is the deadline for Arizona's 15 counties to study results of the Nov. 8 predetermination to the Secretary of State's Office.

For astir of the 110 years since Arizona became the nation's 48th state, canvass time was a regular marker — the time that enactment a play to the tallying successful astir counties. This year, astatine slightest 2 authorities races are heading to an authoritative recount, and respective questions and challenges linger from the Arizona Attorney General's Office, the authorities Republican Party and from immoderate candidates themselves.

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A big of challenges: Here are each the issues raised aft Arizona's 2022 predetermination truthful far

11:45 a.m.: Maricopa County rejects Sen. Kelly Townsend's subpoena

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has rejected a legislative subpoena seeking accusation astir the Nov. 8 election, saying it wasn’t “properly issued.”

Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Apache Junction, issued the subpoena that was served to the region connected Wednesday, adding different ineligible furniture to concerns by immoderate Republicans implicit Election Day problems with ballot readers astatine the polls.

She demanded that the lengthy, multifaceted database of questions for the region beryllium answered by 9:30 a.m. Monday.

Bill Gates, the board’s chairman, told Townsend successful a missive dated Nov. 27 that portion the region would supply immoderate of her requested accusation astir the election, the subpoena didn’t supply a “reasonable” clip for a effect and wasn’t “tethered to a hearing” by the Senate. That meant the papers did not “meet the ineligible requirements of an enforceable legislative subpoena,” helium said.

While the region was compiling immoderate of the answers to her “massive” requests, helium added, “more than” 10 of her 31 numbered requests successful the papers asked for items extracurricular the scope of a lawful legislative subpoena.

Townsend questioned the county’s effect connected Monday, noting that she had antecedently been told to record a nationalist records petition for the accusation by the county. She disagrees and said lawyers she spoke with disagree, that the subpoena wasn’t lawfully issued. She would beryllium “more than happy” to clasp a Senate proceeding if that’s what the region requires, she said.

— Ray Stern

11:30 a.m.: Mohave County flirts with hold successful canvass

Mohave County supervisors connected Monday greeting considered delaying their predetermination canvass until they tin get much information, but delayed the ballot until the afternoon.

Last week the supervisors voted to hold the canvass successful what they called a governmental connection to amusement their vexation with what they said were problems successful Maricopa County. When they met Monday to canvass connected the past time allowed by law, they considered a longer delay.

But Deputy County Attorney Jeff Haws told the supervisors that if they delayed their ballot beyond Monday, it could trigger ineligible enactment to compel the region to certify the election. And if that were not successful, the authorities canvass could determination up Dec. 5 without the votes from Mohave County.

That would mean region judges, treasurer and others could not beryllium seated successful January.

They recessed their gathering and planned to reconvene astatine 2 p.m.

— Ryan Randazzo

11:15 a.m.: Cochise residents confused implicit canvass delay

People who attended the Cochise County gathering Monday were confused by the determination and what it means.

Doug Whitney, a Sierra Vista resident, said helium was confused astir what happened.

“They were expected to certify, and they tabled it truthful that determination is going to beryllium seemingly a statement of sorts," Whitney said.

He referred to a Nov. 21 missive from the Secretary of State saying that if the committee inactive has not certified by the Nov. 28 deadline it would disenfranchise Cochise County voters. The missive besides says that the authorities canvass volition proceed careless of the results of the vote, arsenic required nether authorities law.

“The committee of supervisors is playing a large crippled of chickenhearted with the Secretary of State. The missive said they would disenfranchise Cochise County voters,” Whitney said.

Christine Rhodes, erstwhile region recorder, was contiguous astatine the gathering and said it was “bizarre.”

“I person to admit I don’t afloat recognize the procedures that went connected today. I accidental the bottommost enactment is the certification of the results of the wide predetermination did not instrumentality place,” Rhodes said, adding that she works from the Democratic party.

Bisbee nonmigratory David Penrose conscionable had 1 question astir the gathering and that was astir Supervisor Peggy Judd who called successful done video conference.

"Why couldn’t Peggy Judd beryllium present and look the nationalist alternatively of hiding down her computer?” helium asked.

Barbara Logelin, a Sierra Vista resident, supported Crosby’s connection to array the ballot certifying the elections until a aboriginal meeting.

“This is an contented that needs to beryllium discussed further. They request to look astatine those voting machines each astir this authorities earlier they certify immoderate of the elections,” she said.

— Sarah Lapidus

10:30 a.m.: Cochise votes to hold certification of election

On a 2-1 vote, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to hold certification of the Nov. 8 predetermination results. The determination means the region won't conscionable its deadline to study results to the state.

Instead, they are calling for a Friday peculiar gathering with presentations from the Arizona caput of authorities and a postulation of radical who earlier this period complained astir problems with the accreditation of the firms that certify predetermination tabulation machines.

The ballot comes aft Supervisor Peggy Judd past week said she would certify predetermination results, noting she recovered nary problems with the county’s tabulation machines. On Sunday, she wavered, saying she had much questions.

The Friday meeting, projected by Supervisor Tom Crosby, could beryllium a reprise of a Nov. 18 gathering astatine which 3 men who don’t unrecorded successful Cochise County alleged the firms that verify predetermination tabulation machines weren’t decently accredited. The Secretary of State's Office has provided accusation to rebut those claims, but the supervisors stay suspicious.

The nonaccomplishment to certify connected Monday could bring threatened ineligible enactment from the caput of authorities arsenic good arsenic from nationalist groups.

— Mary Jo Pitzl

10 a.m.: Protesters stitchery extracurricular Maricopa County chambers

More than 100 radical gathered extracurricular Maricopa County’s committee chambers Monday arsenic region officials prepared to statesman certifying predetermination results.

Some successful the assemblage held flags and signs; others wore covering supporting erstwhile President Donald Trump. Those astatine the beforehand of the information enactment mocked journalists arsenic they were ushered successful by instrumentality enforcement officers. Some of the radical unhappy with predetermination were allowed into the auditorium.

The gathering auditorium, usually adjacent to bare astatine astir committee meetings, was afloat packed erstwhile the committee gathering began astir 10 a.m.

— Sasha Hupka

8:30 a.m.: Board to canvass predetermination results amid criticism

Maricopa County’s Board of Supervisors volition conscionable Monday to canvass, oregon certify, predetermination results successful the state’s astir populous voting jurisdiction.

The process was acceptable to statesman with an 8 a.m. closed-door league and past a 9:30 a.m. nationalist meeting. Once the tallies are certified, they volition beryllium sent to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, which volition bash its ain canvass connected Dec. 5.

Monday’s canvass follows challenges and criticisms hurled astatine Maricopa County by blimpish politicians and personalities successful the weeks since Election Day. County voting centers had issues with printers that near immoderate ballots incapable to beryllium tabulated, oregon counted, astatine polling places. Those ballots were placed into a container for misreads, known arsenic “door 3,” and aboriginal tabulated astatine the county’s predetermination headquarters.

County leaders issued their archetypal authoritative effect to the challenges successful a Sunday reply to a missive from the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, penning that unexpected problems astatine the polls didn’t disenfranchise voters and don’t invalidate the election.

A Nov. 16 committee gathering saw galore nationalist speakers sharing frustration, conspiracies and their doubts implicit predetermination integrity. Chairman Bill Gates antecedently said that the region would certify the results of the election, adjacent arsenic a fistful of different counties delayed their canvasses.

“The canvass is required by instrumentality and is the afloat accounting of ballots cast,” Gates said. “There volition beryllium nary delays oregon games; we volition canvass successful accordance with authorities law.”

— Sasha Hupka

8 a.m.: Cochise County supervisors to conscionable this morning

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd is the cardinal ballot connected the three-member committee scheduled to conscionable astatine 10 a.m. Monday to certify the borderline county's predetermination results.

Judd, on with chap Republican Supervisor Tom Crosby, last week delayed a determination connected whether to certify the predetermination results. Democratic Supervisor Ann English has indicated she doesn't enactment a hold successful certification.

A "no" ballot successful the region successful southeastern Arizona could propulsion races that person been decided into chaos. For example, U.S. Rep.-elect Juan Ciscomani, a Republican, could spot his triumph successful the 6th Congressional District flipped, with Democrat Kirsten Engel taking the seat. State schools Superintendent Kathy Hoffman would travel retired the victor successful her reelection bid, denying Republican Tom Horne a win. And dozens of section races, from metropolis elections to schoolhouse boards to judges, would not person immoderate certified votes.

It besides would enactment the region in a ineligible struggle with the state. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' bureau has promised to writer if the three-member Cochise committee would not certify, repeatedly informing region officials that the instrumentality requires them to canvass the predetermination tallies.

— Mary Jo Pitzl