Under a court order, officials in Republican-controlled Cochise County, Ariz., finally certified their local midterm elections results after they missed the state's legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk.
"I've had enough. I think the public's had enough," said English, the board's chair who had supported certifying the results and asked the judge for a"swift resolution" during the court hearing.Citing state law, McGinley noted it is"clear" that the board was"duty bound" to certify the results and submit them to the secretary of state by Monday given that no results were missing from the county's totals.
No attorney was present in the courtroom Thursday to represent the board, which had only approved a last-minute choice of a law firm less than two hours before Thursday's hearing. Before backing down and voting to certify at the board's emergency meeting, Judd called herself"a rule-of-law person" who had to ultimately support making the election results official because of the court ruling and"my own health and situations that are going on in our life."Some former prosecutors in Arizona have been calling for criminal investigations into Judd and Crosby.
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