Arizona Republican official who refused to certify 2022 midterm election pleads guilty Cochise county supervisor Peggy Judd agrees to plead guilty to misdemeanor charge The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2024
Trial of Arizona officials who refused to certify 2022 election delayed until next year Cochise country supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd face charges of conspiracy and interfering with an election officer The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2024
Documents detail Republican push to force hand counts in Arizona election Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd were calling for hand counts in 2022 as election denialism swept Cochise county, a records request shows The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2024
‘Chaos will be created’: Arizona court hears election-subversion case – with eyes on 2024 Implications of the lawsuit could extend beyond Cochise county, if local officials try similar tactics in November The Guardian - US · May 3, 2024
‘The poison continues to spread’: legal losses fail to quell election denial hotbed Cochise county, Arizona, has been convulsed by the actions of two Republican supervisors who questioned the integrity of elections and faces huge legal costs The Guardian - US · Nov 25, 2023
Attempt to recall election denier fails in Arizona county as petition falls short Effort to recall Republican Cochise county supervisor Tom Crosby needed 4,900 signatures but fell 600 short The Guardian - US · May 5, 2023
Arizona county hires election director who spread false claims about 2020 Cochise county appoints Bob Bartelsmeyer, elections director who has shared social media posts with election fraud claims The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2023
Could election denialism in a feuding Arizona county upend US democracy? Republicans in Cochise county who undermined midterm election gain control in critical swing state for 2024 The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2023
Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona Election losses by Republican candidates last year who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential results have only added fuel to voting conspiracies in rural Arizona The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2023
Rural Arizona county certifies midterm results after judge orders vote The Cochise county board of supervisors voted 2-0 to approve the results after threat of lawsuits The Guardian - US · Dec 2, 2022
AZ GOP county disenfranchises own voters Cochise County's refusal to certify election would only shrink GOP's vote total Salon · Nov 30, 2022
Arizona set for legal battles after county refuses to certify midterm results Republican officials face two lawsuits, likely court intervention to force their vote and potential criminal penalties The Guardian - US · Nov 30, 2022
Arizona secretary of state sues after Republican officials refuse to certify county election results Cochise county officials have endorsed claims of voter fraud despite no evidence of any problems The Guardian - US · Nov 29, 2022