Arizona county supervisors (R) move to dismiss election interference charges

HOENIX (CN) — Two Arizona county supervisors accused of interfering with the certification of the 2022 general election told a state judge Friday afternoon that the “rogue prosecution” against them should be dismissed as a matter of law.

Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, two of three members of a board of supervisors who govern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, were indicted in November 2023 on accusations of conspiracy and interference with an election officer for voting to delay the canvassing of the county’s election results in 2022.

Responding to concerns from constituents over unproven claims of election fraud — peddled mostly by Republican politicians who say the last two general elections were stolen from Republican candidates — Crosby and Judd, both Republicans, voted twice to delay the final certification to subsequent board meetings to gather more evidence.

The canvass wasn’t completed until Dec. 2, 2022 — two days after the legal requirement.



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