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    Defeated Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign has sued Maricopa County and its election officials, demanding they respond to the campaign’s public records requests about malfunctions on Election Day before the county certifies its vote canvass on Monday.

    Maricopa County, which spans the Phoenix area and comprises about 60 percent of Arizona’s population, has become the epicenter of election challenges this cycle, and the complaint marks the Lake campaign’s first post-Election Day lawsuit.

    County election officials acknowledge printer mishaps at some vote centers on Election Day but insist residents still had multiple ways to cast a ballot for counting.

    Lake’s campaign had filed two public records requests with the county last week seeking more data about the issues and the number of impacted voters, and the suit asks a state judge to order officials to produce the records before the certification meeting on Monday.

    “This deadline (or its substantial equivalent) is, under the circumstances presented, necessary to ensure that vital public records are furnished promptly and that apparent deficiencies can be remedied before canvassing of the 2022 general election,” the complaint reads.

    Democrat Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state, was declared the winner of the gubernatorial race last week and leads Lake, who has refused to concede, by about 17,000 votes.

    Lake and other GOP nominees have railed against Maricopa officials since the election, calling them “incompetent” and alleging the malfunctions resulted in voter disenfranchisement.

    On Election Day, the Lake campaign and a Republican coalition asked a state judge to extend voting in the county because of the issues, but the judge rejected the motion, saying he had seen no evidence that anyone was denied an opportunity to cast a ballot.

    Lake’s new lawsuit, based on declarations from voters and poll workers, alleges 118 of the county’s 223 vote centers were affected by the printer issue, a higher number than the county’s suggestion of 70 affected locations, among other claims.

    Although the suit does not demand a delay of Maricopa’s certification, Lake’s attorneys argued that reports the campaign received from voters meet the legal threshold for doing so.
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    Georgia voters are back at it again! After neither U.S. Senate candidate won a majority in the November midterm elections, calling for a rematch between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker.

    Some counties in the state opened polls early on Saturday – after the Thanksgiving holiday – after Warnock's campaign and others argued voting should be allowed.


    But the concern is over voter turnout, since the race won't determine which party controls the majority in the Senate. However, the stakes are still high.


    While Democrats have Senate control with at least 50 seats, grabbing another seat would mean it wouldn't have to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris as a tiebreaker.


    In one polling location – out of many throughout the state of Georgia where people can vote early – the line was pretty long, with people waiting for about 2 hours just to cast their vote; however, some said they were willing to wait.

    "Waited 2 hours. It was worth the wait. You know, in time when you need when you need something important like this go on. You need to just wait," said Edward Tucker, a Georgia voter.

    "I got here at 7:15am and it took me about 40 minutes to vote. My wife said she's going to sleep in and vote later and it's going to take her over 2 hours," said another Georgia voter, Arthur Ratliff.


    Hundreds came out to vote despite the long wait.


    "A lot of getting together and praying to make this day happen. It almost didn't happen," said Yvonne Spear, a Georgia voter.


    One Georgia resident says she couldn't miss the opportunity and flew back home from New York just to cast her vote.


    "What brought me out today is about change and the direction in which our country is heading. I feel that there's a lot of inequities, injustices, and we need to correct it. And the only way to correct that is at the polls," said Haven Wilson.

    For many, it's about voting rights.

    "We have a long history of voter suppression here. So even more so, me and all these other people are saying we need to come out to protect our voting rights," said Ratliff.


    People in every county will be allowed to vote early starting Monday. The runoff election day is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 6th.

    Early Voting Begins In Georgia Ahead Of Senate Runoff (VIDEO)
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    A week-long early voting period begins Saturday in some Georgia counties as Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker enter a week-and-a-half, post-Thanksgiving sprint to their December 6 runoff election.

    Unlike the 2021 runoffs, control of the Senate is not on the line, with Democrats having won 50 seats already and Vice President Kamala Harris giving the party a tie-breaking vote.

    However, the stakes remain high: A Warnock victory would give Democrats the majority outright, rather than requiring the power-sharing agreement that is now in place. Democrats would have the majority on committees, allowing them to advance President Joe Biden’s nominees more easily.

    Georgia’s Supreme Court delivered Warnock a victory Wednesday, allowing counties to offer early voting on Saturday. Democrats said they expected as many as 22 counties to do so – some in heavily populated areas around Atlanta, including DeKalb and Fulton, as well as Chatham County, home of Savannah.

    That ruling followed a legal battle triggered by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s interpretation of the state’s 2021 voting law. He said the new law restricted weekend voting immediately after holidays.

    That 2021 law cut in half the timeline for runoff elections, to four weeks, and limited the early voting window to a minimum of five days rather than the minimum of 16 days that had been in place when Democrats won two Senate runoffs in the state in January 2021.

    Warnock continues to outraise Walker as they enter the final stretch.

    Warnock raised nearly $52.2 million from October 20 through November 16, a period covering the end of the general election and roughly the first week of the runoff. Walker collected $20.9 million in that time, according to his campaign’s filings with the Federal Election Commission. Warnock ended the period with more than $29.7 million remaining in the bank, more than three times the $9.8 million left in the coffers of his rival.

    Obama leads surrogate list

    Warnock is set to bring in a top Democratic surrogate: Former President Barack Obama is slated to travel to Atlanta on Thursday for a rally ahead of the final day of early voting.

    So far, Obama is the only president past or present slated to visit Georgia ahead of the runoff.

    Neither President Joe Biden, to whom Walker’s campaign has tried to latch Warnock, nor former President Donald Trump, who was in office when Republicans lost two Senate runoffs two years ago, have scheduled trips to the state.

    Though Trump allies including Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have been out in force for Walker, the former president himself has not campaigned with the candidate he recruited.

    Other Republicans, meanwhile, are rallying around Walker, with the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, pumping more than $10 million into the race since the general election.

    In addition to the new influx of outside spending, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who cruised to re-election earlier this month, made his first appearance with Walker on the trail after stiff-arming the former football great throughout the fall.

    Kemp defeated a primary challenger backed by Trump in May and then outpaced Walker by more than 200,000 votes in the general election – a sign both of his crossover appeal to moderate Democrats and Walker’s difficulties consolidating Republicans.

    Still, Democrats said they doubted Kemp could rescue Walker in a runoff election in which Walker is the only Republican on the ballot.

    “There’s tons of folks that voted for Raphael Warnock and Brian Kemp,” said Jason Carter, the 2014 Democratic nominee for governor and grandson of former President Jimmy Carter.

    He called Warnock a “unique figure,” noting that he “got more votes than Herschel Walker and he got more votes than any other Democrat.”

    “People appreciate him. And they think of him as Raphael Warnock first, and as his political party and all that other stuff second,” Carter said.

    Renewed focus on abortion

    A new potential flashpoint in the runoff election emerged Wednesday. The Georgia Supreme Court, in a separate legal battle, also reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban.

    It was a policy victory for the Republicans who had enacted that ban and defended it in court, but one that could come at a political cost, reviving the backlash over the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade that energized Democrats and swung moderate voters in their favor on the party’s way to a surprisingly strong showing in this year’s midterm elections.

    In the midterms, according to CNN exit polls, 28% of Georgia voters said abortion was the most important issue to their vote – second only to inflation at 37%.

    Of those who identified abortion as the most important issue, 77% backed Warnock, compared to 21% who voted for Walker – a reversal of inflation, an issue that favored Walker by a 45 percentage point margin.

    Fifty-three percent of Georgia voters said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and among those voters, 75% backed Warnock. Of the 43% who said it should be illegal in all or most cases, 87% backed Walker.

    Ad battle tops $40 million

    Already, both parties have pumped more than $40 million into television advertising in the runoff. Democratic groups have spent nearly $25 million, while GOP groups have spent nearly $16 million, according to the ad tracking firm AdImpact.

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    Brent Peabody - Crazy stat here in Georgia-

    As of 1:30pm today, *29,573* people have voted early in-person in blue counties

    In red counties, that figure is just 2,857

    Republicans really shooting themselves in the foot by not allowing Saturday voting *on their own turf* https://twitter.com/brent_peabody/st...08561630662658

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    Herschel Walker has been trolled by a Raphael Warnock campaign advertisement that shows the Senate hopeful's speeches.

    The contest between Democrat Senator Warnock and his Republican rival Walker has gone down to the wire with a crucial runoff vote next month.

    In a Warnock campaign video shared on Sunday, several people could be seen reacting to Walker's speeches, with many voicing their disbelief over what they had seen.

    During the video, Walker could be seen talking about vampire movies as well as his infamous speech about China's bad air.

    Walker's remarks about climate change raised eyebrows on the campaign trail when he said the U.S.'s "good air" would "float over to China's bad air."

    "Not only does it make no sense, I don't even understand what he thinks he's saying," one woman in the video says.

    One man said: "I sit watching these on Twitter and I'm like 'what the heck is this guy talking about.'"

    A third woman commented: "He's (Walker) completely unqualified for this really, really serious job."

    https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/sta...56847397609472




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    This video tells all about the polarisation in the US.

    Some are going to vote for this ...interesting politician to avoid a democrat.



    Have I mentioned that Joe Biden is ..old ?


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    Arizona’s Maricopa County on Sunday released new data about malfunctions at some of its vote centers on Election Day, pushing back on claims that voters were disenfranchised because of the issues.

    Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs, and others in the GOP have seized on printer malfunctions in the county on Election Day, claiming the problems substantially altered results — despite Maricopa election officials’ insistence that no one was prevented from voting.

    In a response to a letter from the Arizona attorney general’s office demanding further information on the issue, county officials on Sunday provided the most detailed data to date, showing that thousands of affected voters still cast ballots that were tabulated.

    “Our response is available for the public to read in its entirety and details how Maricopa County followed state and federal laws to ensure every voter was provided the opportunity to cast a ballot,” Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates (R) said in a statement.

    Gates vowed to certify Maricopa’s vote canvass by Monday’s statutory deadline, defying the Lake campaign, who has publicly called for a delay and suggested in court the issues meet the legal threshold for doing so.

    Meanwhile, Arizona Republican attorney general candidate Abraham Hamadeh formally contested his election result last week over the issues. Hamadeh trails his Democratic rival by 510 votes ahead of an expected recount.

    The Hill has reached out to Lake campaign and Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s (R) office for comment.

    The criticisms are rooted in malfunctions with printers at some of Maricopa’s vote centers, which printed ballots too light for tabulators to read.

    The county on Sunday said it confirmed the malfunctions occurred at 43 of the county’s 223 vote centers, although it indicated the number may be as high as 63. The Lake campaign, based on sworn declarations, had alleged in court the figure was at least 118.

    Election officials have insisted affected voters could wait in line until the issue was solved, cast a ballot at another vote center or deposit their ballot in a separate box for tabulation later, known as “door 3.” Lake’s campaign has alleged some voters who pursued each of those options experienced issues.

    Lake has claimed the malfunctions created long lines at vote centers that effectively disenfranchised voters.

    But the county’s response indicates a majority of vote centers had a peak wait time of 15 minutes or less, and wait times at 207 of the county’s 223 polling locations never exceeded an hour.

    Lake and others in the GOP have also alleged that poll workers did not properly check out some affected voters who went to cast a ballot at a different vote center, meaning it would appear as if they were fraudulently casting a second ballot and result in it not being counted.

    County officials on Sunday indicated 206 residents tried to vote at a second location, and 122 of them were not properly checked out. Poll workers gave those voters provisional ballots, and election officials ultimately decided all but 13 of them should count.

    “Voters commonly ask to spoil their ballots and poll workers are very familiar with the process of issuing them a new ballot,” the county wrote, indicating it covered check-out procedures in poll worker training.

    Arizona GOP figures have also cast doubt that votes placed in door 3 were ultimately counted, posting videos from voters who expressed concern about the backup procedure.

    The county on Sunday said it audited the difference between the number of voters who checked in at each vote center and the number of ballots counted at each location, finding a difference of 170 votes countywide.

    “Variances between check-ins and ballots received are not uncommon,” the county said in its response, due to occasional voters who check in at a polling place but leaves before casting a ballot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs, and others in the GOP have seized on printer malfunctions in the county on Election Day
    Losers led by their biggest loser Trump will seize on any reason to avoid the loser label. Printer malfuctions is it Kari? Nope, you lost cuz your message was rejected by the folks in Maricopa County. Get over it. Better luck next time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Printer malfuctions
    No have

    We use pencils

    Reckon the germans still use chisels

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Losers led by their biggest loser Trump will seize on any reason to avoid the loser label. by the folks in Maricopa County. Get over it.



    Supervisors in Arizona’s Maricopa County voted unanimously to certify their election canvass ahead of a state deadline on Monday, defying Republican objections.

    Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) and others in the GOP have seized on printer malfunctions in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous jurisdiction that includes Phoenix, making it an epicenter for election challenges as they called on supervisors to vote against certification.

    The Republican-controlled board voted unanimously to certify the canvass on Monday at the conclusion of a tense meeting, insisting no voter was disenfranchised. Dozens of residents spoke about their concerns, at times interrupting supervisors, including some attendees who were escorted out of the room.

    “These conversations need to focus on real issues. We can spend the next two years as we’ve spent the last two, fighting over conspiracy theories promoted on social media by people who know nothing about —” Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) said at the meeting before he was cut off by boos from attendees.

    Board Chairman Bill Gates (R), who repeatedly admonished attendees for the interruptions, reiterated his acknowledgement of the Election Day printer malfunctions and indicated the board will conduct an “even deeper dive” to fix the problem moving forward.

    “Let me be abundantly clear: There has never been a perfect election, and this was not a perfect election,” Gates said. “There were issues, but we were transparent about that.”

    Lake, a Trump ally who called on supporters to show up to the meeting, repeatedly posted clips on her Twitter and Truth Social accounts touting supporters who spoke at the meeting.

    “Watching you pledge allegiance to my flag was disgusting, the way that you’ve sold us out,” said resident David Clements.

    “Instead of praising the people that were running the election, you need to fire them for incompetence, because this whole thing was a sham,” said resident Randy Miller, who also criticized the two-minute limit per speaker, along with multiple other attendees.

    “You are violating the Constitution. You are violating our rights by saying you can only petition the government for two minutes. Where’s your authority to do that? Who died and made you King?” Miller said.

    Under state law, counties have until Monday to certify their vote canvasses unless they meet a specific exception. Most county boards voted to certify.

    But in Cochise County, a rural jurisdiction in Arizona’s southeastern corner, the board’s two Republicans voted against certification on Monday. The Arizona secretary of state’s office has promised to sue the county by 5 p.m. local time.

    Mohave County, a GOP-controlled county in the opposite corner of the state that last week delayed its certification in protest of the Maricopa malfunctions, unanimously voted to certify on Monday afternoon.

    Two Republicans who last week supported the delay indicated they were certifying “under duress,” noting the legal implications if they missed the state deadline.

    Little more (the meeting was live earlier): Maricopa, Mohave counties approve canvass of election, Cochise County refuses to certify

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    Now the lawsuits,......

    Statement from Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates on today’s certification of votes https://twitter.com/NickCiletti/stat...67023532560384



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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    No have

    We use pencils

    Reckon the germans still use chisels
    Just noticed the missing n. Oh well, np. Close enough for government work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Just noticed the missing n.
    Meaning of the word didn't suffer at all

    Improved, I'd say

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    Marc E. Elias - BREAKING: Arizona . Arizona voter file lawsuit against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors for its refusal to canvass the election results of the 2022 midterm elections.: https://twitter.com/marceelias/statu...73461709869056

    Court Cases - Arizona Cochise County Election Certification

    Lawsuit filed by the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and an Arizona voter against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors for its refusal to canvass the election results of the 2022 midterm elections. Canvassing is the process where local election officials confirm results by reviewing and finalizing the unofficial results reported on election night. After counties complete canvassing, states can then certify election results. On Monday, Nov. 28, the two Republican members of the county board voted to postpone canvassing the 2022 election results, meaning the county will miss the legally mandated deadline of Nov. 28. The plaintiffs allege that this failure to perform the “ministerial and mandatory, not discretionary,” task of canvassing the county’s election results violates “the plain statutory text” of Arizona election law. The plaintiffs argue that the board’s decision not to canvass the election results is “unjustifiable, based on entirely unsubstantiated, vague allegations that the county’s electronic voting machines could not be trusted.” The plaintiffs request a writ of mandamus (a court order compelling a party to take a certain action) to order the board to canvass the county’s election results in accordance with Arizona law.

    Little more: Lawsuits likely after handful of counties refuse to certify midterm results

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    Nearly a quarter million voters cast their ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff on Monday, breaking the state’s record for a single day of early voting as incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and challenger Herschel Walker (R) vie for the key seat.

    “Ok…looks like we’ve broken the record and the rest is gravy. As of 4:45pm we’ve seen 239,160 voters so far today. Will break a quarter million voters today,” said top Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling in a Twitter update.

    The previous record for an early voting day was around 233,000, a spokesperson for Georgia’s secretary of state told The Hill.

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    Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) campaign is releasing a trio of digital ads in Vietnamese, Mandarin and Korean in an effort to mobilize Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters one week out from Georgia’s Senate runoff race.

    The ads — which were first shared with The Hill — feature Warnock voters explaining why they are voting for the sitting senator over Republican Herschel Walker in the three languages. The spots, titled “Proud,” include translations.

    “I’m proud to call Georgia home, but I’d be embarrassed to call Herschel Walker my senator,” the voters say in the ads in their languages. “So I’m doing my part and voting for Reverend Warnock in the runoff on Dec. 6. I hope you’ll join me.”

    The digital ads range from 18 second long to 24 second long and will run throughout Georgia on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Preroll Video.

    The Warnock campaign is zeroing in on AAPI voters after data showed that Asian American voters surged in Georgia between 2016 and 2020. According to AAPIData.com, the demographic grew by 84 percent — or 61,000 votes — in the Peach State within that time frame.

    Additionally, exit polls from this month’s midterm elections found that Asian Americans broke for Democrats over Republicans. NBC News reported that 58 percent of Asian Americans voted for Democrats while 40 percent supported Republicans, according to its exit poll.

    Meredith Brasher, Warnock’s campaign spokesperson, underscored the significance of Asian American voters in Georgia.

    “AAPI Georgians play a critical role in our communities and in our elections. That’s why Reverend Warnock has made it a priority to deliver for Georgia’s AAPI community by lowering health care costs, protecting voting rights, and supporting AAPI-owned small businesses,” Brasher said in a statement to The Hill.

    According to data from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, more than 503,000 voters have cast ballots thus far in the runoff race, marking a 7.2 percent turnout. Of that group, 9,970 are Asian or Pacific Islander.

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    • Victor Shi - BREAKING: total turnout after the first day of statewide early voting in Georgia is a jaw-dropping *300,438* — 70,000 more votes than the previous record set in 2018. Georgians are showing up to vote like never before. Republicans should be terrified right now. https://twitter.com/Victorshi2020/st...16239017889792



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    Republicans and numbers.

    Frist number: 27,342 (votes), second number: 8 as in December 8th (due date), third number: 0 - the number of times the republicans have won a case against Marc E. Elias (I think it was 61 cases lost during the 2020 election) see current news at the bottom of post





    A Republican-led county in Arizona is threatening to hold up the state’s certification of the 2022 midterm results after Cochise County failed to meet a Monday deadline to certify its election results.

    While all of the counties in the Grand Canyon State were required to certify their results by Monday, Cochise County’s refusal to do so has sparked legal action from Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D), who won her election to be the state’s next governor, and from another group, the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans.

    As the battle between Arizona’s top officials and some Republican holdouts continues, here’s what to watch in the process to certify the state’s full election results.

    Hobbs’s lawsuit against Cochise County

    Hobbs filed a lawsuit against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Monday after they voted 2-1 to delay certifying the election results until Friday, defying a major deadline.

    While every other county in Arizona certified their election results by the Monday deadline, top officials in Cochise County, including Supervisors Tom Crosby (R) and Peggy Judd (R), voted to delay the county elections certification, while Supervisor Ann English (D) voted in favor of the certification proceeding.

    The lawsuit noted that the board of supervisors had already delayed certifying the election results once before during a meeting earlier this month after its members heard “statements from various conspiracy theorists — known for filing spurious lawsuits before the Arizona courts — who claimed that the vote tabulation equipment used in Cochise County was improperly certified under state and federal law.”

    Hobbs’s lawsuit requested that the board of supervisors be compelled to meet by Thursday to certify the election results so the Arizona Democrat could conduct the statewide canvass in time. A spokeswoman for Hobbs said they asked the court for the case to be taken up in an expedited manner.

    “The Secretary of State’s Office provided supporting documentation that confirmed Cochise County’s election equipment was properly certified. The Board of Supervisors had all of the information they needed to certify this election and failed to uphold their responsibility for Cochise voters,” Sophia Solis, the spokesperson, said in an email.

    “The Secretary of State will fulfill her statutory responsibility to canvass the 2022 General Election. Arizona voters should know that when they cast their ballot, the Secretary of State will do everything in her power to make sure their vote is counted and their voice is heard.”

    The Dec. 5 statewide canvass deadline

    Cochise County’s refusal to certify their election results risks delaying the statewide canvass deadline, originally set for Dec. 5 and which can only be pushed back as far as Dec. 8. All counties need to certify their elections before the statewide certification can move forward.

    Attorneys for Hobbs noted in the lawsuit that certifying the election results in the county were critical given that the state could not perform required recounts in several key races, including the attorney general race, until after Hobbs performed the statewide canvass.

    They also said that should Cochise County fail to certify their election results on time, they could be left out of the statewide canvass.


    “Absent this Court’s intervention, the Secretary will have no choice but to complete the statewide canvass by December 8 without Cochise County’s votes included. Thus, the Board’s inaction not only violates the plain language of the statute, but also undermines a basic tenet of free and fair elections in this state: ensuring that every Arizonan’s voice is heard,” the lawsuit said.

    Should the supervisors continue to refuse to certify the election, criminal charges could ensue. And while experts say they’re relieved that most counties and candidates across the country have decided to accept the election results and certify them, some suggest what’s happening in Cochise County is a serious risk for democracy.

    “I think what’s worrisome probably going forward is this all seems a little bit like a dress rehearsal, where there are election denial people on the right who, even in the — as far as I can tell — total absence of any evidence of voter fraud or systematic voter fraud at least, they’re trying to figure out ways to stall or thwart what are otherwise perfectly legitimate elections,” said Michael Kang, a professor at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law.

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    Marc E. Elias - BREAKING: Arizona . Arizona voter file lawsuit against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors for its refusal to canvass the election results of the 2022 midterm elections.: https://twitter.com/marceelias/statu...73461709869056

    Court Cases - Arizona Cochise County Election Certification

    Lawsuit filed by the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and an Arizona voter against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors for its refusal to canvass the election results of the 2022 midterm elections. Canvassing is the process where local election officials confirm results by reviewing and finalizing the unofficial results reported on election night. After counties complete canvassing, states can then certify election results. On Monday, Nov. 28, the two Republican members of the county board voted to postpone canvassing the 2022 election results, meaning the county will miss the legally mandated deadline of Nov. 28. The plaintiffs allege that this failure to perform the “ministerial and mandatory, not discretionary,” task of canvassing the county’s election results violates “the plain statutory text” of Arizona election law. The plaintiffs argue that the board’s decision not to canvass the election results is “unjustifiable, based on entirely unsubstantiated, vague allegations that the county’s electronic voting machines could not be trusted.” The plaintiffs request a writ of mandamus (a court order compelling a party to take a certain action) to order the board to canvass the county’s election results in accordance with Arizona law.
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    A state judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from Arizona Republican attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh contesting this month’s election, arguing it was filed prematurely.

    Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner said Hamadeh and the Republican National Committee (RNC), which joined the suit, cannot file an election contest until after Arizona certifies the election, currently scheduled for Monday.

    Hamadeh, who trails his Democratic rival by just 510 votes out of more than 2.5 million ballots ahead of an automatic recount, claimed malfunctions in Arizona’s most populous jurisdiction and elsewhere altered the results, arguing the tabulations should be amended and he should be declared the winner.

    Warner’s order, which did not consider the merits of the allegations, notes that Hamadeh could refile the lawsuit once state officials certify the election, indicating he does not need to wait for the recount to finish.

    “Under these statutes there can be no election contest until after the canvass and declaration of results because, until then, no one is ‘declared elected.’ It is undisputed that the canvass and declaration of results for the November 2022 election have not occurred,” Warner wrote.

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    Democracy Docket - NEW: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) sues Cochise County for failing to certify its election results by today's statutory deadline. Hobbs alleges that the county and its supervisors are violating Arizona law.

    Read the complaint: https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-c...ion-Relief.pdf

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    Current news

    Marc E. Elias - BREAKING: Hours after an Arizona Court orders it to do so, Cochise County, AZ votes 2-0 to certify the election. https://twitter.com/marceelias/statu...47202409631769

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    Democracy Docket - NEW: Arizona judge issues sanctions against Kari Lake's attorneys for bringing "frivolous claims" in a lawsuit brought by Lake and Mark Finchem that attempted to prohibit electronic voting machines in Arizona. The lawsuit was dismissed earlier this year.: https://twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/...33218646122524

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    Barack Obama Campaigns for Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia


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    If accurate, it’s a good start.

    Christopher Bouzy - Wow! Look at the early vote numbers in Atlanta and Augusta GA now vs. the midterms. https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1598094048463818753

    G2022 = General Election 2022
    R2022 = Runoff 2022


    Warnock holds narrow lead over Walker in Georgia runoff: poll


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    Victor Shi - NEW: early vote data shows 54% of Georgians have cast their ballots for Raphael Warnock—almost 8% higher than this time in the 2021 run-off and 6% higher than this time a few weeks ago. Very encouraging numbers for Democrats with 5 days left in the race. https://twitter.com/Victorshi2020/st...56640323211264

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    Republicans and numbers.

    third number: 0 - the number of times the republicans have won a case against Marc E. Elias
    And the winning streak continues.......

    Marc E. Elias - Two counties--one in Pennsylvania and one in Arizona--thought they could ignore state law and refuse to certify the election result. My team sued both. And now both have certified as the law required.

    The courts worked. Democracy was protected on the docket. https://twitter.com/marceelias/statu...48400642592778

    Marc Elias 63 (plus) – Republicans 0

    Arizona's Cochise County and Pennsylvania's Luzerne County finally certifies its election results

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    Hard to believe it is a close race. Every time Walker opens his mouth it's proof he is as dumb as a post. Losing faith in my fellow Americans.

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    ^I think most understand, it’s not walker (high profile name) they are voting for it’s the “R” they are backing. By next Wednesday everything should be fine.

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    Georgia Voters Break Senate Runoff Turnout Record

    The single-day early voting turnout Friday in Georgia broke the last record set just days ago in an indication of intense interest in the race for Senate between former football player Herschel Walker and incumbent Raphael Warnock.

    Top election official Gabriel Sterling touted the results on Twitter, revealing that 350,574 people had voted as of 8 p.m. Friday.

    “That’s just an amazing number. Great job by the counties’ elections officials and voters,” he wrote on Twitter.

    Some voters had to wait an hour to cast their ballots.

    The turnout worried Republicans. While Seth Weathers, a Georgia director for former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, had been optimistic about a Walker win, he told The Washington Post: “I have more concern” in light of the big voter numbers.

    The last turnout record was set on Monday, with over a quarter of a million Georgians casting early ballots. Before that, the record was about 233,000 on the last day of early voting in the 2018 midterm elections.

    Friday was the last day of early voting. Voters will be able to cast ballots in person on election day Tuesday and return mail ballots throughout that day.

    As of Friday morning, at least 1,473,000 voters had cast early ballots in person or by mail, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office. That’s 37% of the total votes cast in the Nov. 7 midterm election, Reuters reported.

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    Just the fact that this Walker oaf has a chance, spells big trouble
    for America.

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    ^Not really. The GOP put some bad candidates up for election (trump followers) and a lot of them lost. For the next two years Congress will get (almost) nothing passed because the house was overturned.

    It has happened before and will happen again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    ^Not really. The GOP put some bad candidates up for election (trump followers) and a lot of them lost. For the next two years Congress will get (almost) nothing passed because the house was overturned.

    It has happened before and will happen again.
    Apparently not enough of them lost , since they took control the house
    But regardless,
    Dont you think it's troubling that bad candidates such as Walker have a good chance of being elected to the Senate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    Apparently not enough of them lost , since they took control the house
    It happens. But the Dems still have the senate and Mr. Biden is still president.

    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    Dont you think it's troubling that bad candidates such as Walker have a good chance of being elected to the Senate?
    Asked and answered

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    Just the fact that this Walker oaf has a chance, spells big trouble
    for America.
    Shocking
    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    Apparently not enough of them lost , since they took control the house
    But regardless,
    Dont you think it's troubling that bad candidates such as Walker have a good chance of being elected to the Senate?
    He doesn't

    It would mean that the dem candidates were poor.

    And as the TD President of the Fan Club for all thing Democratic, Landreth can't admit or even think that
    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    Asked and answered

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