On Monday, Nov. 21, the office of the Arizona secretary of state sent a letter to the Cochise County Board of Supervisors warning the board that if they failed to certify the canvass of the 2022 midterm elections, the office “will take all available legal action, including filing a special action to compel the Board’s compliance.”
On Monday, the Associated Press called Arizona’s governor race in favor of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D).
In the week following the 2022 midterm elections, a handful of high profile Republican candidates and party leaders have made statements indicating a shifting perspective about the party’s voter suppression strategy.
Votes are still being counted across the country, but many candidates who denied the results of the 2020 election are coming up short in their races for key positions in election administration in competitive states.
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Texas Supreme Court paused a ruling that extended voting hours at precincts in Harris County, the third most populous county in the nation.
During an emergency early morning meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 8, Philadelphia’s three-member election board voted 2-1 to reinstate poll book reconciliation after a court rejected a lawsuit to force the commissioners to do so.
There are many factors dictating what a recount will look like — vote margin, hand or machine count, and other state laws guiding the process. Every state has different rules and timelines for their recounts.
On Friday, Oct. 28, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) issued an advisory opinion permitting counties to conduct hand count audits of ballots in this year’s elections.
On Monday, Oct. 24, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a proposal to hand count all of its ballots in this year’s elections.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Pennsylvania acting secretary of state released a statement about undated mail-in ballots in response to a U.S. Supreme Court order issued earlier in the day.