The Arizona Secretary of State's Office has already announced its intention to sue to ensure that all votes are counted.
"It is of course unconscionable for thousands of Arizona citizens to be disenfranchised, regardless of their political affiliation," former Arizona officials Helen Purcell and Tammy Patrick wrote in an op-ed in thenewspaper over the weekend, decrying Cochise County's efforts."One of us is a Republican and one of us is a Democrat, but we would never want to see the outright nullification of the ballots of voters from any party, even if it helped our preferred candidates.
"But it is particularly ironic that a Republican-controlled board of supervisors could end up disenfranchising their own voters and handeven more victories in the midterms. This outcome would be undemocratic and unacceptable, but Cochise County voters would know exactly whom to blame—their own elected supervisors."
While Cochise County plans to meet Friday for additional information before certifying the vote, Hobbs, who has faced calls from the far right to recuse herself from her role in administering an election in which she was running, is pushing them to fulfill their constitutional obligation as scheduled. Shortly after the decision, the Arizona Secretary of State's Office confirmed it would be filing a lawsuit against the county by the end of the day to force its hand.
While the office declined to answer specific questions about the effort, Sophia Solis, a spokeswoman for the agency, wrote in an emailed statement tothat the office"will use all available legal remedies to compel compliance with Arizona law and protect voters' right to have their votes counted."
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