Arizona county leaders end hand-count lawsuit, cite recount

Published November 16, 2022 7:08 PM

By BOB CHRISTIE
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Two Republicans who control the board in a rural southeastern Arizona county now want to withdraw a lawsuit they filed two days ago seeking to force their own elections director to hand-count all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day. One of the GOP supervisors in Cochise County said Wednesday they did not want to interfere with the likely recount in the race for Arizona attorney general. The Republican and Democratic candidates are so close a recount appears likely. A recount will be triggered once the state accepts the election certifications from all 15 Arizona counties if the two candidates are within 5% of each other.

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