2 Cochise County supervisors served with subpoenas over 2022 election results
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The two Republican members of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors are under investigation by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, who’s looking into their actions around certifying the 2022 election.
Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby delayed a legally-required vote to certify the county’s election results due to conspiracy theories about voting machines pushed by party activists. A trial court judge determined their inaction was illegal, and ordered Cochise County supervisors to hold an emergency meeting in December to canvass the election results in accordance with state law.
Jen Fifield with Votebeat has been following and reporting on this story and spoke with The Show.
The Republican supervisors also voted to conduct a full hand recount of ballots in Cochise County, but both a trial court judge and Arizona Court of Appeals panel found that state law prohibits counties from conducting full hand counts following elections.
Judd and Crosby represent a majority of the three-member county board.
A spokeswoman for Cochise County confirmed that Judd and Crosby have each been subpoenaed by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.
Votebeat and the Herald-Review first reported the subpoenas had been issued.
A spokesman for Mayes declined to comment, saying state law prohibits him from commenting on grand jury proceedings.
A spokeswoman for Cochise County confirmed that Republican Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby received subpoenas from the Arizona Attorney General’s office. Votebeat and the Herald-Review first reported on the subpoenas.
According to Votebeat, the subpoenas did not include information about what alleged crimes the Attorney General is investigating. But Democratic Cochise County Supervisor Ann English, who did not participate in that effort, told Votebeat’s Jen Fifield that an investigator with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office asked her about her fellow supervisors’ refusal to certify the election and their failed push for a full hand count of ballots.
