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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anita Snow

BIZARRE: Rural arizona county officials push ballot hand count - What They Never Told You

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Officials in a rural county in southeastern Arizona are backing a hand count of all ballots in November’s midterm election alongside the machine count even though the Cochise County attorney's office and state authorities have said they don't have legal authority.

Cochise County Board of Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby have proposed the hand count being considered in a formal vote Monday afternoon. They are under pressure from voters in the heavily Republican county who believe Donald Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

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