Arizona’s Cochise County Sued Twice After Voting to Delay Election Certification

Two lawsuits have been filed against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors in Arizona after it voted to delay the certification of its election canvass past the statutory deadline of Nov. 28.
A first lawsuit (pdf) was filed on Monday in Cochise County Superior Court on behalf of the Arizona Alliance of Retired Americans and Cochise County resident Stephani Stephenson.
It states the Cochise County Board of Supervisors “does not have the discretion to refuse to canvass the results of the 2022 general election” and that canvassing election results by a date certain is the Board’s “mandatory legal duty under Arizona law.”…}