By-election | The results in Arizona were upheld despite opposition from Republicans

(Phoenix) Officials in Arizona certified the results of the US midterm elections on Monday, confirming a victory for Democrats against Republicans who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged.

Jonathan J. Cooper

Associated Press

The certificate is now open for five days issued for election challenges. Republican Gary Lake, who lost the governor’s race and has been criticizing the way the polls were conducted for weeks, is expected to file for re-election.

Most of the election results in the United States were confirmed without disturbance following the midterm elections in November, but Arizona was an exception to this rule. Many Republican-held counties were slow to certify the results, even when there was no evidence of voter fraud.

Cochise County, in southeastern Arizona, even missed a deadline last week, prompting a judge to force supervisors to certify the results by the end of the day.

“Arizona had a great election,” Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, said before adding her signature to the certificate. “But often during this process, influential people spread misinformation that threatens to disenfranchise voters. »

In the state-wide certificate Mr.^me Hobbs, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, Republican Attorney General Mark Bronovich and Chief Justice Robert Brutinal.

When the same committee certified the 2020 election results, Mr. Ducey had to boycott, and he was trying hard to get his Republican allies to do so. Reverse the results of the referendum that ousted him from the White House.

“It’s a responsibility I don’t take lightly,” Ducey said. It aims to validate the votes submitted by the voters of our beautiful state. »

Disgruntled Republicans

A fact that Republicans have been decrying for weeks^me Hobbs could play a key role in certifying his own victory as governor against M^me LAKE – It is common practice for those working in the electoral field to retain their jobs while contesting elections for higher office.

M^me Lake and his colleagues focused their criticism on problems with the ballot printers, which prevented about 17,000 votes from being counted on the spot and had to be counted at the Department of Elections office.

Queues formed at some polling stations, prompting suspicions that some Republican supporters were unable to cast their ballots, although it affected voter turnout. Results. County officials say everyone was able to vote and all legal ballots were counted.

M^me Hobbs immediately wanted to petition Maricopa County Superior Court to start a statewide recount for three races with less than a half-point percentage, as required by law. The race for attorney general was one of the tightest in the state’s history, with Democrat Chris Mayes beating Republican Abe Hamadeh by just 510 of the 2.5 million votes cast.

Elections for superintendent of public education and a Phoenix suburban assembly seat are also subject to judicial recounts, but the margins are much larger.

Arizona’s key races were won by Democrats after Republicans nominated pro-Trump candidates who have consistently supported his false claims about the 2020 election.

In addition, M.^me Hobbs and M^me Mayes won re-election over Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, and Democrat Adrian Fontes won the race for Secretary of State.