An Arizona County’s Refusal to Certify Election Results Could Cost GOP a House Seat

  • Cochise County Republicans made claims about voting machines
  • Refusal to certify could narrow Republicans slim majority
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A rural Arizona county’s refusal to certify the results of the November election could cost Republicans a seat in the US House of Representatives, where they hold a narrow seven-seat majority.

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, also the governor-elect, has gone to state court to force Cochise County to certify the election after its Republican-led Board of Supervisors failed to meet a Nov. 28 deadline while making debunked claims about the state’s voting machines.