Hand-counting of ballots in Arizona county deemed illegal (Cochise)

[Kali]

https://arizona.votebeat.org/2022/10/12/23400974/cochise-county-hand-counting-legal-advice-attorney

Supervisors in a southern Arizona county said Tuesday they are intent on voting on a proposal to hand-count all ballots cast in November’s election, despite repeated warnings from their lawyer that the plan would be illegal.

Deputy Cochise County attorney Christine Roberts repeatedly told the supervisors that state law does not give them the authority to conduct a full hand count of ballots cast by the county’s 87,000 voters, and even if it did, it isn’t legal to change election procedures this close to an election.

She may be able to prevent them from moving forward. The county attorney’s office must approve items before they are placed on a supervisors meeting agenda, County Administrator Rich Karwaczka told Votebeat after the meeting.

“The county attorney would block something they believe is unlawful,” he said, adding that allowing a vote on an illegal proposal would increase the county’s liability and risk.

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[grantcart]

1. Cochise is heavily Republican. They should hand count but

only count one ballot at a time and then have a committee discuss and vote on each ballot before finally counting it.

Anyone on the committee should be able appeal the decision. No adding machines allowed but a tally will be kept by 24 individuals on the tally committee. If at any time there is a discrepancy of a single vote in any of the 24 individual tally sheets then the count would be rebooted back to the start after a lengthy prayer service.

They should get those Republican votes from this November done by the time Kelly has finished his 3rd full term.

It's hilarious to see how Republicans are doing everything possible to invalidate their own votes.