Two elected officials in a rural Arizona county who stalled certifying election results have been charged by Arizona’s attorney general with conspiracy and interfering with an election officer.
Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, Republican county supervisors in Cochise county, face two felony counts for their initial refusal to certify the county’s election results in 2022. A grand jury convened earlier this month to discuss the potential charges, which were filed on Wednesday.
The indictment alleges Crosby and Judd conspired to delay Cochise county’s vote canvass and knowingly interfered with the secretary of state’s ability to complete a statewide vote canvass on time.
Good. There are consequences to actions and even inactions, and people need to experience the “find out” part after they fuck around.
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A grand jury convened earlier this month to discuss the potential charges, which were filed on Wednesday.
The indictment alleges Crosby and Judd conspired to delay Cochise county’s vote canvass and knowingly interfered with the secretary of state’s ability to complete a statewide vote canvass on time.
The two supervisors have repeatedly pushed false election claims and sought a hand count of all ballots, later deemed illegal.
“I took an oath to uphold the rule of law, and my office will continue to enforce Arizona’s elections laws and support our election officials as they carry out the duties and responsibilities of their offices.”
During the past year, local meetings have been mired in election arguments, with one contingent showing up to call for hand counts and limits to voting access and another group speaking out to defend how elections are run.
Crosby has been crowdfunding for his legal defense on a rightwing platform after he received a subpoena for the grand jury, calling himself “an elections integrity proponent since before it became popular” and saying that a legal case against him “will intimidate other AZ county supervisors into falling in line with the globalist plans of compromised elections, and forced use of voting machines”.
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