Election 2022 Results

[comana]

...wining by just 550 votes in Western (rural) Colorado...what does that say about a candidate like Boebert?

Her district, while, mostly rural and nearly half the state in territory size, it also includes larger cities of Grand Junction, Pueblo, and Aspen. I was surprised the votes came down to a 550 difference given her antics at home and in DC, but her opponent gave her a strong challenge at least.

 

[Don't Panic]

Her district, while, mostly rural and nearly half the state in territory size, it also includes larger cities of Grand Junction, Pueblo, and Aspen. I was surprised the votes came down to a 550 difference given her antics at home and in DC, but her opponent gave her a strong challenge at least.

I'd say so, she won by 26000 votes in 2020 as an unknown. Two years of people getting to know her cost her 25000 votes.

 

[wing2000]

t's certainly within the process to challenge a result if there are problems detected within the process. If an election supervisor is coerced into certifying results that they themselves noticed inaccuracies, malfunctions, or inconsistencies in the process, then what's the point of having a supervisor at all if what they supervised is ignored and they're forced with threat of jail time to decide the results were certifiable?

The [Cochise County] board’s two Republican members, Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, had said they were stalling to hear out the concerns of right-wing activists promoting a legal theory — one previously debunked by federal election officials and rejected by the state’s courts — that the state’s electronic voting equipment was invalid.
But in an interview this week with The New York Times, Ms. Judd characterized the delay as a way to protest the election in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, where Republican candidates have clashed with Republican election officials over unproven claims that November’s election was compromised by technical problems.

Arizona County Backs Off Protest, Certifies Election Results (Published 2022)

Officials in Cochise County gave final approval to the midterm results after a judge ordered them to end the stall tactics.

www.nytimes.com

 

[wing2000]

I would be surprised if Brnovich files any charges even though it's clear, the supervisors violated the law. IMO, they should be charged in order to send a message to other government officials who think they can manipulate election laws....

Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd knowingly violated state law and should be investigated for potential criminal and civil offenses for delaying the canvass of the general election results, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' office stated in a referral to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

The referral comes a day after the supervisors were forced by a court order to certify election results ― although the letter specifically notes that Crosby failed to attend the court-ordered canvass.

The letter lays out evidence, culled from public meetings and public statements, to buttress the claim that the law was violated. It included Judd's statement earlier this week to the New York Times that the county's objections to how tabulation machines were certified was "the only thing we have to stand on" to not certify the Nov. 8 returns.

"Supervisors Crosby and Judd knew they had a statutory requirement to certify the election results by Nov. 28, but instead chose to act in violation of the law, putting false election narratives ahead of Cochise County voters," the letter, signed by state Elections Director Kori Lorick, states.

Hobbs' office sends criminal referral on 2 Cochise County supervisors

Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd have been referred for potential criminal and civil offenses to Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

www.azcentral.com

 

[DaisyDay]

Investigations become before a challenge. Not enough time has been allowed for that to happen.
"Certify (agree with) the results and the way they came about, or go to jail!"

The Cochise County supervisors didn't question election equipment when they won in 2020

The two Republican Cochise County supervisors who have so far refused to certify the Nov. 8 election because of ostensible concerns about the trustworthiness of electronic ballot tabulators weren’t concerned when that same equipment confirmed their electoral victories in 2020.

www.azmirror.com

And in other news, Kari Lake and Mark Finchem's lawyers just got sanction over this:

'Furthering false narratives': Lake, Finchem lawsuit draws sanction order from judge

A federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines.

www.azcentral.com

Lake and Finchem, Trump-endorsed Republicans who failed in their bids for governor and secretary of state, filed suit in April in an attempt to block Maricopa and Pima counties from using any electronic device to cast or count votes. They asked the court to order the counties to require paper ballots and conduct a hand count of all the ballots cast.

U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi dismissed the suit in August, calling it full of "conjectural allegations of potential injuries."

 

[NxNW]

It's certainly within the process to challenge a result if there are problems detected within the process. If an election supervisor is coerced into certifying results that they themselves noticed inaccuracies, malfunctions, or inconsistencies in the process, then what's the point of having a supervisor at all if what they supervised is ignored and they're forced with threat of jail time to decide the results were certifiable?

So far, there haven't been any significant problems detected within the process. The voters spoke; the Republicans lost again.

 

[Aldebaran]

The [Cochise County] board’s two Republican members, Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, had said they were stalling to hear out the concerns of right-wing activists promoting a legal theory — one previously debunked by federal election officials and rejected by the state’s courts — that the state’s electronic voting equipment was invalid.
But in an interview this week with The New York Times, Ms. Judd characterized the delay as a way to protest the election in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, where Republican candidates have clashed with Republican election officials over unproven claims that November’s election was compromised by technical problems.

Arizona County Backs Off Protest, Certifies Election Results (Published 2022)

Officials in Cochise County gave final approval to the midterm results after a judge ordered them to end the stall tactics.

www.nytimes.com

Seeing that the person writing that article uses the label, "right-wing activists promoting a legal theory" (along with other leftist political rhetoric) and then the unsurprising fact that the person writes for the NYTimes, it's obviously just another piece of left-wing activism thinly disguised as journalism.

 

[Aldebaran]

The Cochise County supervisors didn't question election equipment when they won in 2020

The two Republican Cochise County supervisors who have so far refused to certify the Nov. 8 election because of ostensible concerns about the trustworthiness of electronic ballot tabulators weren’t concerned when that same equipment confirmed their electoral victories in 2020.

www.azmirror.com

And in other news, Kari Lake and Mark Finchem's lawyers just got sanction over this:

'Furthering false narratives': Lake, Finchem lawsuit draws sanction order from judge

A federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines.

www.azcentral.com

"Potential injuries"? Such as paper cuts?

 

[wing2000]

Seeing that the person writing that article uses the label, "right-wing activists promoting a legal theory" (along with other leftist political rhetoric) and then the unsurprising fact that the person writes for the NYTimes, it's obviously just another piece of left-wing activism thinly disguised as journalism.

Given her history and actions as supervisor, the label fits. Regardless of her motivation or belief in invalid legal theories, she broke the law. A a law that you had the audacity to compare to Jim Crow laws.
With that, I'm done responding to you.

As the judge opined:
"...an impassioned argument to order the board to act that afternoon came from its lone Democratic member, Ann English. She had dissented from Monday’s vote to delay the ministerial move.
She warned the judge that Crosby intended to use Friday’s meeting as “sort of a smackdown between the secretary of state and the election deniers that he has on the agenda.” Crosby has indicated that he has concerns about equipment used in the election.
The judge, in ordering the board to convene Thursday, said such concerns were “not a reason to delay a canvass.” He found that state law “unambiguously requires” counties to certify the results by Nov. 28, unless vote tabulation is incomplete.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/arizona-cochise-county-kari-lake-sanctions/

btw, if the supervisor had concerns regarding the equipment, he should have raised them before the election. After all, he, as a county supervisor, is accountable for the equipment.

 

[Aldebaran]

Given her history and actions as supervisor, the label fits. Regardless of her motivation or belief in invalid legal theories, she broke the law. A a law that you had the audacity to compare to Jim Crow laws.
With that, I'm done responding to you.

As the judge opined:
"...an impassioned argument to order the board to act that afternoon came from its lone Democratic member, Ann English. She had dissented from Monday’s vote to delay the ministerial move.
She warned the judge that Crosby intended to use Friday’s meeting as “sort of a smackdown between the secretary of state and the election deniers that he has on the agenda.” Crosby has indicated that he has concerns about equipment used in the election.
The judge, in ordering the board to convene Thursday, said such concerns were “not a reason to delay a canvass.” He found that state law “unambiguously requires” counties to certify the results by Nov. 28, unless vote tabulation is incomplete.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/arizona-cochise-county-kari-lake-sanctions/

btw, if the supervisor had concerns regarding the equipment, he should have raised them before the election. After all, he, as a county supervisor, is accountable for the equipment.

Requiring a supervisor to certify election results that they find questionable is like requiring an inspector to give a passing grade to something they find defective, lest they go to jail.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Requiring a supervisor to certify election results that they find questionable is like requiring an inspector to give a passing grade to something they find defective, lest they go to jail.

Did the Cochise County supervisors actually find the Cochise County election results questionable? Did they make any statements to that effect?

 

[Hans Blaster]

Did the Cochise County supervisors actually find the Cochise County election results questionable? Did they make any statements to that effect?

Nope. It was all just a "protest" about the "fraud" in Maricopa County. Pathetic.

 

[Aldebaran]

Did the Cochise County supervisors actually find the Cochise County election results questionable? Did they make any statements to that effect?

If they didn't, they wouldn't have had an issue with certifying the results right away.

 

[HARK!]

Republicans Flip Another House Seat, Expanding GOP Majority in Next Congress​

Republicans have flipped a U.S. House of Representatives seat representing a central California district, expanding their majority in the next Congress.


Farmer and businessman John Duarte, a Republican, declared victory on Dec. 2.

Republicans Flip Another House Seat, Expanding GOP Majority in Next Congress

www.theepochtimes.com

 

[Aldebaran]

Republicans Flip Another House Seat, Expanding GOP Majority in Next Congress​

Republicans have flipped a U.S. House of Representatives seat representing a central California district, expanding their majority in the next Congress.


Farmer and businessman John Duarte, a Republican, declared victory on Dec. 2.

Republicans Flip Another House Seat, Expanding GOP Majority in Next Congress

www.theepochtimes.com

Nice!

 

[RocksInMyHead]

If they didn't, they wouldn't have had an issue with certifying the results right away.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. And if they did, they would surely have said something about it.

 

[Aldebaran]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. And if they did, they would surely have said something about it.

You mean they didn't object to certifying the results? Come on, make up your mind!

 

[Hans Blaster]

Republicans Flip Another House Seat, Expanding GOP Majority in Next Congress​

Republicans have flipped a U.S. House of Representatives seat representing a central California district, expanding their majority in the next Congress.


Farmer and businessman John Duarte, a Republican, declared victory on Dec. 2.

Republicans Flip Another House Seat, Expanding GOP Majority in Next Congress

www.theepochtimes.com

Well congratulations to Kevin McCarthy then, he'll have the exact same number in his caucus (222) that the Dems began the current Congress with 2 years ago.

 

[NxNW]

If they didn't, they wouldn't have had an issue with certifying the results right away.

One does not follow from the other.

 

[Aldebaran]

One does not follow from the other.

If you're going to make an assertion like that, you should at least explain your reasoning.