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Rural Arizona county certifies midterm election results after judge's order

Headline from Local News 8, on the newest of 2 developments

By Fredreka Schouten Officials in rural Cochise County, Arizona, on Thursday certified the results of the county’s midterm elections — ending a high-stakes confrontation with state officials over the county’s failure to sign off on election results by the legal deadline.

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  1. GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election

    Headline from Courthouse News Service ·

  2. Newest

    Rural Arizona county certifies midterm election results after judge's order

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

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Reports & sources

39 articles, oldest first.

  1. Christian Science Monitor

    Election certification stumbles in rural Arizona counties (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    While election results have largely been certified without issue in jurisdictions across the country, that’s not the case in Arizona. The state was long a GOP stronghold, but Democrats won most of the highest profile races against controversial Republicans.

  2. NBC News

    Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Cochise County has repeatedly refused to certify its results from the Nov. 8 election. The deadline for certification is Nov. 28.

  3. The Daily Caller

    Arizona County Refuses To Certify Election Results, Threatening A GOP House Win (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    A county in Arizona is refusing to certify its results of elections that show Democratic statewide candidates winning.

  4. Courthouse News Service

    GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Election results have largely been certified without issue in jurisdictions across the country. That's not been the case in Arizona.

  5. Truth Orfiction

    An Arizona County Won’t Certify Election Results After 2022... (opens Truth Orfiction)

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    Truth Orfiction's feed description

    In November 2022, a county in Arizona delayed certifying the results of the 2022 midterm election.

  6. Hot Air

    Arizona county voted to certify election "under duress" (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    The 2022 midterm “election that never ends” in Arizona is still managing to stir up controversies even after the deadline for certifying the election passed yesterday. Maricopa County rema...

  7. CBS News

    GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify 2022 midterm election results (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    If the results aren't included in the state's tally, it would flip the victor in at least two close races from a Republican to a Democrat.

  8. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Arizona judge orders county to immediately certify election (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    An Arizona judge on Thursday ordered Cochise County officials to certify the midterm election results by the end of the day, saying Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week's deadline.

  9. Reason

    Arizona Republicans are refusing to certify an election. Is Congress paying attention? (opens Reason)

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    Reason's feed description

    What's happening right now in Cochise County, Arizona, should make the passage of the Electoral Count Reform Act even more urgent.

  10. Wyoming Public Media

    A judge orders Arizona's Cochise County to certify election results after a delay (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    A judge ordered officials in GOP-controlled Cochise County to certify midterm elections results days after they missed the legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk.

  11. MyNorthwest

    Arizona county certifies election after judge's order (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    PHOENIX (AP) -- A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican

  12. Forbes

    Arizona County Blocking Election Certification Must Certify Votes By Thursday Night—As Conspiracy-Fueled Refusal Keeps House Race Hanging In The Balance (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Cochise County is the sole U.S. jurisdiction that still hasn't certified its midterm results, due to unfounded conspiracy theories surrounding Arizona's results.

  13. The Week

  14. Local News 8

    Rural Arizona county certifies midterm election results after judge's order (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Fredreka Schouten Officials in rural Cochise County, Arizona, on Thursday certified the results of the county’s midterm elections — ending a high-stakes confrontation with state officials over the county’s failure to sign off on election results by the legal deadline.

  15. Wyoming Public Media

    Arizona's Cochise County finally certifies its election results after a court order (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    After a court order, officials in the GOP-controlled county certified midterm election results days after they missed the legal deadline and put more than 47,000 people's votes at risk.

  16. The New Republic

    After Needless Delay, GOP-Controlled Arizona County Certifies Election Results (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    Arizona’s Cochise County saw no evidence of voter fraud, went predominantly for Republicans, and still was refusing to certify election results.

  17. Washington Examiner

    Arizona county certifies midterm election results after court order (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Officials in Cochise County, Arizona, certified the election results of last month's midterm elections Thursday after a court order compelled them to do so.

  18. New York Times

    Arizona County Backs Off Protest, Certifies Election Results (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Officials in Cochise County gave final approval to the midterm results after a judge ordered them to end the stall tactics.

  19. Breitbart News

    Arizona County Certifies Election Results After Bucking Deadline, GOP Seat Flip Scare (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Cochise County’s three-person board of supervisors in Arizona certified the county election results Thursday after a court order.

  20. Washington Examiner

    Judge orders Arizona County to certify election results after delay (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    An Arizona judge ordered a rural county to certify its 2022 midterm elections results after the GOP-controlled board of supervisors delayed its certification by the deadline on Monday.

  21. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Arizona county certifies election after court order (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week's deadline.

  22. Los Angeles Times

    Holdout Arizona county certifies election after judge's order (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Arizona's rural Cochise County has certified its midterm election results after blowing past the deadline — but only because a judge ordered it to do so.

  23. PBS NewsHour

    Rural Arizona county certifies election after judge's order (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    A rural Arizona county has certified its midterm election results after blowing past the deadline in state law

  24. Fox News

    Arizona county certifies election results following order from judge (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Arizona's Cochise County certified its midterm election results following an order from a judge who said Republican supervisors there had broken the law.

  25. NBC News

    Arizona county that balked at certifying election results finalizes tally after court order (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Cochise County officials voted Thursday to accept the county's results from Nov. 8, enabling state certification of the election to move forward Monday.

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