Officials in two counties in Pennsylvania and Arizona, which are considered to be swing states, refused to certify the results of the November elections. This could result in the certification of the election results being suspended.
According to ABC News, election officials in Arizona's Cochise County, as well as Pennsylvania's Luzerne County, refused to certify the results of the November elections. On November 8, Cochise County voters went straight for Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for governor, and Blake Masters, the Democratic candidate for US Senate. On the other hand, Luzerne County residents supported Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for Senate.
In Cochise County, the vote count was delayed by over 47,000 votes. This is more than the margin that Lake lost to Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for the Secretary of State. Supervisor Tom Crosby and Supervisor Peggy Judd made the resolutions to table the certification of the results.
According to Crosby, the meeting agenda should have included discussions about the various technical issues that occurred on Election Day in Arizona. These issues, which led to long delays and the potential disenfranchisement of thousands of voters, were not addressed adequately.
In Luzerne County, two of the county's Republican officials refused to certify the results of the election. Two of the county's Democrats voted in favor of the certification, while a third abstained. On Election Day, several polling places ran out of paper ballots. The problems in Luzerne led to the resignation of its manager.
In Luzerne County, James Magna, the Board of Elections' vice chair, said that there were enough irregularities and discrepancies in the election to warrant a re-vote.
The refusal of officials in these two counties to acknowledge the results of the election has raised awareness about the issue of voter fraud in the country, which started in 2020 and continued throughout the midterm elections. Despite the evidence supporting these claims, Democrats have dismissed them, with Marc Elias, a prominent attorney, threatening legal action against the counties and other jurisdictions that have questioned the election's results.
The preceding is a summary of an article that originally appeared on AM Greatness.
