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Arizona Governor-elect Hobbs ultimatum to county board: Certify her election or face felon
Posted on 12/1/22 at 9:54 am
Posted on 12/1/22 at 9:54 am
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/arizona-gov-elect-hobbs-threatened-county-board-certify-her-election-or
Arizona Governor-elect Hobbs ultimatum to county board: Certify her election or face felony rap
The office of Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, now the governor-elect, threatened the Mohave County Board of Supervisors with legal action and criminal referral unless they certified the 2022 vote in their county.
Mohave County waited until Nov. 28, the deadline for Arizona counties to certify, to vote on the certification of its election because of the host of issues that plagued Election Day in Maricopa County, casting a cloud over Hobbs' razor-thin victory in the gubernatorial race over GOP nominee Kari Lake, the consistent leader in pre-election opinion polling.
Two of the supervisors on the Mojave County board said they were voting to certify the election "under duress," after being warned that they would "be arrested and charged with a felony" if they didn't, according to the board chairman, Ron Gould.
While Mohave County's own election was problem-free, the Board of Supervisors was concerned about the election issues in Maricopa County, said Gould.
"We believe that Mohave County voters were disenfranchised by the problems that they had in Maricopa County," Gould said in an interview Wednesday on Real America's Voice TV's "The War Room."
"Their mistakes are bigger than our entire county vote, and I think it's disenfranchised the rural voters across the state, not to mention that it disenfranchises Maricopa County voters and Republican voters, in particular, who are more likely to cast their ballot at the poll" on Election Day, he said. "So any problems at the poll affect Republicans more than they would affect Democrats."
Had the board declined to certify its election, however, the county's votes would not have been included in the state total, Gould explained, which would have handed two Republican statewide seats to the Democrats. Moreover, lawsuits against the election results cannot move forward until the state has certified the election.
In a Nov. 23 letter to the Mojave County Board, State Elections Director Kori Lorick, who serves under Hobbs in the secretary of state's office, said that the canvass — or certification — of the election "is not discretionary."
"Because the Board has no authority to change or reject the results, the canvass is a purely ministerial act," Lorick wrote.
On Nov. 28, Lorick emailed the county board. Reminding the supervisors again of their "non-discretionary statutory duty to canvass the 2022 General Election results by today," she invoked the threat of prosecution of the holdouts.
"The only basis for delaying the county canvass is pursuant to A.R.S. 16-642(C) if returns from a polling place are missing, and that is indisputably not the case here," she wrote. "If Mohave County does not perform their ministerial duty to canvass your election results today, we will have no other choice but to pursue legal action and seek fees and sanctions against the Board.
"Our office will take all legal action necessary to ensure that Arizona's voters have their votes counted, including referring the individual supervisors who vote not to certify for criminal enforcement under A.R.S. 16-1010."
Under the cited statute, an election official "who knowingly refuses to perform" their election duties "is guilty of a class 6 felony unless a different punishment for such act or omission is prescribed by law."
Arizona Governor-elect Hobbs ultimatum to county board: Certify her election or face felony rap
The office of Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, now the governor-elect, threatened the Mohave County Board of Supervisors with legal action and criminal referral unless they certified the 2022 vote in their county.
Mohave County waited until Nov. 28, the deadline for Arizona counties to certify, to vote on the certification of its election because of the host of issues that plagued Election Day in Maricopa County, casting a cloud over Hobbs' razor-thin victory in the gubernatorial race over GOP nominee Kari Lake, the consistent leader in pre-election opinion polling.
Two of the supervisors on the Mojave County board said they were voting to certify the election "under duress," after being warned that they would "be arrested and charged with a felony" if they didn't, according to the board chairman, Ron Gould.
While Mohave County's own election was problem-free, the Board of Supervisors was concerned about the election issues in Maricopa County, said Gould.
"We believe that Mohave County voters were disenfranchised by the problems that they had in Maricopa County," Gould said in an interview Wednesday on Real America's Voice TV's "The War Room."
"Their mistakes are bigger than our entire county vote, and I think it's disenfranchised the rural voters across the state, not to mention that it disenfranchises Maricopa County voters and Republican voters, in particular, who are more likely to cast their ballot at the poll" on Election Day, he said. "So any problems at the poll affect Republicans more than they would affect Democrats."
Had the board declined to certify its election, however, the county's votes would not have been included in the state total, Gould explained, which would have handed two Republican statewide seats to the Democrats. Moreover, lawsuits against the election results cannot move forward until the state has certified the election.
In a Nov. 23 letter to the Mojave County Board, State Elections Director Kori Lorick, who serves under Hobbs in the secretary of state's office, said that the canvass — or certification — of the election "is not discretionary."
"Because the Board has no authority to change or reject the results, the canvass is a purely ministerial act," Lorick wrote.
On Nov. 28, Lorick emailed the county board. Reminding the supervisors again of their "non-discretionary statutory duty to canvass the 2022 General Election results by today," she invoked the threat of prosecution of the holdouts.
"The only basis for delaying the county canvass is pursuant to A.R.S. 16-642(C) if returns from a polling place are missing, and that is indisputably not the case here," she wrote. "If Mohave County does not perform their ministerial duty to canvass your election results today, we will have no other choice but to pursue legal action and seek fees and sanctions against the Board.
"Our office will take all legal action necessary to ensure that Arizona's voters have their votes counted, including referring the individual supervisors who vote not to certify for criminal enforcement under A.R.S. 16-1010."
Under the cited statute, an election official "who knowingly refuses to perform" their election duties "is guilty of a class 6 felony unless a different punishment for such act or omission is prescribed by law."
This post was edited on 12/1/22 at 9:57 am
Posted on 12/1/22 at 9:56 am to Jack Carter
She’s a SOS; bitch ain’t a prosecutor.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 9:56 am to Jack Carter
Fascists gonna fascist
Posted on 12/1/22 at 9:59 am to Jack Carter
They've set the tone for other states.
Certify or go to jail.
What a wimp "said they were voting to certify the election "under duress,"
Hope they sentence that coward to 900 years for being a simp.
Certify or go to jail.
What a wimp "said they were voting to certify the election "under duress,"
Hope they sentence that coward to 900 years for being a simp.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:02 am to idlewatcher
I still don’t understand why they even have a vote to certify in each county if this is how it works.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:09 am to Jack Carter
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State Elections Director Kori Lorick
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:13 am to Jack Carter
Not a jury in this country would convict them if charged. 1/2 the population thinks the exiting process is less than honest.
Hobbs can stick it in her ear
Hobbs can stick it in her ear
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:15 am to Game2620
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Not a jury in this country would convict them if charged.
They would in DC
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:17 am to wickowick
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They would in DC
You do have a point…..
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:20 am to loogaroo
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I still don’t understand why they even have a vote to certify in each county if this is how it works.
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"Because the Board has no authority to change or reject the results, the canvass is a purely ministerial act," Lorick wrote.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:20 am to Jack Carter
I'm not fan of Hobbs but Lake lost fair and square. She should shut up.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:22 am to Chaka
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I'm not fan of Hobbs but Lake lost fair and square. She should shut up.
You have got to be kidding me!!!!
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:24 am to Chaka
A elementary school child can see that this was a rigged election.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:24 am to BigMob
So...a candidate for the office in question abused her power to force a result that directly benefitted her?
Hmmmm
Hmmmm
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:25 am to Jack Carter
Let's just face reality. The left has more conviction than the right. This is why they always win.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 10:56 am to loogaroo
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I still don’t understand why they even have a vote to certify in each county if this is how it works.
It is what tyrants and gangsters do. They want you to certify their theft and stealing. They want to break you and have you say, "oh, its okay".
Posted on 12/1/22 at 11:50 am to burger bearcat
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Let's just face reality. The left has more conviction than the right. This is why they always win.
No they don’t they just control the levers of power and money currently.
The options for the right are far more limited as the entire federal and global fiscal apparatus is united against them. When the system is rigged against you the only paths forward are by definition more radical and profound in their consequence because the mechanisms of power can be brought to bear against them.
When the system is for you it’s easy to push because there are no consequences legally or otherwise.
When the system is rigged against you it’s a different ball game.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 11:50 am to Chaka
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I'm not fan of Hobbs
Probable lie.
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but Lake lost fair and square.
Definite lie.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 11:53 am to tide06
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No they don’t they just control the levers of power and money currently.
The options for the right are far more limited as the entire federal and global fiscal apparatus is united against them. When the system is rigged against you the only paths forward are by definition more radical and profound in their consequence because the mechanisms of power can be brought to bear against them.
When the system is for you it’s easy to push because there are no consequences legally or otherwise.
When the system is rigged against you it’s a different ball game.
Republicans didn't have the spine to do this kind of shite to Democrats when they had power and are now paying the price for it.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 11:57 am to burger bearcat
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Let's just face reality. The left has more conviction than the right. This is why they always win.
Maricopa County is all republicans. Gov. Douchey is a republican.
They don’t want to fix their election problems. They lose control if they do. It’s sickening.
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